North Korea's food crop production of 4.4 million tons this year, estimated reduction of 240,000 tons from last year

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Go Eun-ji = It is estimated that North Korea's food crop production this year is 4.4 million tons, down 240,000 tons from last year. On the 18th, the Rural Development Administration announced'the results of estimating North Korea's food crop production in 2020'. This is the result of a comprehensive analysis of the weather and pests in North Korea this year, the supply and demand of fertilizers, crop data from domestic and overseas research institutes, and satellite images. The total amount of food crops produced in North Korea this year was estimated to be 4.4 million tons, down 5.2% from 4.64 million tons last year. The output of each crop is 2.20 million tons of rice, 1.15 million tons of corn, 540,000 tons of potatoes and sweet potatoes, 160,000 tons of barley, 170,000 tons of legumes and other grains. Rice production decreased by 9.8% from last year. This is because there was a lot of rainfall during the rice cultivation period, and there was ...