North Korea's food crop production seems to have decreased by 5.2% compared to the previous year

[Korea Rural Newspaper Reporter Sang-Hyun Seo] North Korea's food crop production in 2020 is estimated to be 4.4 million tons, a decrease of 240,000 tons and 5.2% from 4.64 million tons of the previous year. On the 18th, the Rural Development Administration released an estimate of the '2020 North Korea's food crop production' that comprehensively analyzed the weather and pests in North Korea, the status of fertilizer supply and demand, crop data from domestic and overseas research institutes, and satellite images. According to this, North Korea's rice production this year was 2.20 million tons, a decrease of 220,000 tons or 9.8% compared to 2019. During the rice cultivation period, there was a lot of rainfall and insolation, and it is believed that the rainy season and typhoon damage occurred from August in the rice field. Corn production was 1.15 million tons, down 10,000 tons or 0.7% from the previous year. It is an analysis that the growth and heat conditions were bad due to ...