Rice yields in North Korea will be approximately 12 percent lower this year than in 2014, according to a new report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

The FAO estimated North Korea rice production this year would fall to 2.2 million tons.

The UN organization attributed the low rainfall, which eased in July, to the El Niño ocean current which had similar effects in other countries around Asia.

“The dry spell from mid-April to early July over the central and southern ‘food basket’ provinces of the country, coupled with extreme low irrigation water availability, have resulted in area