Editor’s note: This article has been updated as of April 29 to include comments from Paul Racionzer.

North Korea’s food production decreased last year for the first time since 2010, according to a new report from the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Overall production dropped by 9 percent to 5.42 million tons, with the FAO citing last year’s widely reported low rainfall as the reason for the decline.

The shortage was more severely felt in rice and maize harvests, though some drought resistant minor crops were actually more plentiful the FAO noted.

“Total food requirements … are forecast by FAO