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FactsheetSeed Potato Multiplication to Improve Food Security of The People of Paekam County, Ryanggang Province, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea - TCP/DRK/3701 2021
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No results found.Ryanggang Province is one of the least developed regions in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea While food security remains a major concern throughout the country, it is particularly challenging in the northern uplands of Ryanggang Province because of the low agricultural productivity and increased vulnerability to the adverse impacts of climate change Moreover, the region is facing problems associated with degenerated varieties of potato and fruit trees, degenerated livestock breeds, post harvest losses and a lack of farm equipment and machinery Low agricultural production and productivity affect the supply of food for the public distribution system, and ultimately, the nutritional status of the population According to the 2012 Nutrition Survey, chronic malnutrition ranges from 33 to 39 percent in the northern provinces of the country A major constraint to increasing the productivity of potato crops in Ryanggang Province is the availability of good quality, disease free, high yielding seed varieties When seed potatoes are multiplied conventionally using tubers, new varieties become rapidly degenerated as a result of the progressive accumulation of viruses and pathogens over several cycles of asexual reproduction Additionally, the large scale import of seed potatoes in the late 1990 s to manage the outbreak of late blight introduced new diseases into the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, including 8 of the 22 known virus and virus like potato diseases The implications of potato disease for food security are substantial, as viral infection has the potential to reduce yields by up to 80 percent. -
Programme / project reportDemocratic Peoples Republic of Korea: Emergency support to improve food security of vulnerable farming families during the autumn planting season 2013 (OSRO/DRK/302/CHA). Final Report 2014
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No results found.The key objective of the project is to safeguard the lives of the food insecure farming families in the targeted cooperative farms by increasing the production of wheat during the 2013 autumn planting season through the provision of wheat seed and urea fertilizer. A field mission was conducted in June 2014 to collect information on wheat production in the assisted cooperative farms following the harvest. -
Programme / project reportDemocratic People's Republic of Korea: Emergency Support to Improve Food Security of Vulnerable Farming Families during the Main Cropping Seasons 2013 (OSRO/DRK/301/Cha). Final Report 2014
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No results found.The key objective of the project is to safeguard the lives of the food insecure farming families in targeted cooperative farms by increasing the production of main crops(paddy rice and maize) during the 2013 main cropping season through the provision of plastic sheets.
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