North Korea produced 4.69 million tons of food crops this year; 7% increase from last year

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Lee Young-seop = The Rural Development Administration announced on the 16th an estimate of 'North Korea's food crop production in 2021' to use as basic data for North Korea's policy. It is estimated that a total of 4.69 million tons (tons) of food crops were produced in North Korea this year, a 7% increase from last year's 4.4 million tons. By crop, rice production was 2.16 million tons, up 7% from last year. It was analyzed that the weather conditions were good during the rice cultivation period, and the production increased due to the large amount of solar radiation in August, the ripening period of the rice. Corn production was 1.59 million tons, up 5% from last year, and potatoes and sweet potatoes by 570,000 and 7%, respectively. Choe Son-tae, director of the Rural Development Administration's international technical cooperation ...