Image: Man pushing his bike in a field, Pyongyang area, North Korea by Eric Lafforgue on 2010-04-30 16:25:19
North Korea’s crop production for 2017 has been severely damaged in what the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is calling the worst drought in the country since 2001, an alert issued by the FAO said on Thursday.
The dry weather conditions between April and June have led to steep reductions in North Korean crop production in key outputs such as rice, maize, potatoes and soybean and is “threatening food security for a large part of its population” the FAO said.
“So far, seasonal rainfall in main cereal producing areas have been below the level of
North Korea’s crop production for 2017 has been severely damaged in what the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is calling the worst drought in the country since 2001, an alert issued by the FAO said on Thursday.
The dry weather conditions between April and June have led to steep reductions in North Korean crop production in key outputs such as rice, maize, potatoes and soybean and is “threatening food security for a large part of its population” the FAO said.
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Hamish Macdonald
Hamish Macdonald is an Associate Fellow at RUSI working on Project SANDSTONE and formerly a journalist and researcher who has focused uniquely on North Korea related topics and affairs. He was previously the COO of the Korea Risk Group, which produces the NK News and NK Pro. Specialising in this area, his investigations covered topics including North Korean sanctions evasion activities, domestic economic development and human rights.
