After severe floods and three typhoons, North Korea’s staple food situation is looking grim: The country will likely need to increase its food imports, all while dealing with COVID-19-related border closures and a global economic downturn, according to a new U.N. report.
However, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) report — which tracks cereal stocks around the world — also stated that the rainy season “has been beneficial for cereal crops” and yields a “favorable production outlook.”
North Korea was the only country in the U.N. report that did not have an estimate for the amount of cereal imports needed