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No Thumbnail AvailableTechnical reportFAO/WFP CROP AND FOOD SUPPLY ASSESSMENT MISSION TO THE DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA - 6 December 1996 1996
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No results found.An FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Mission visited the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, from 19 October to 2 November to review the outcome of the 1996 cereal harvest and estimate national import and food aid requirements for the marketing year ending October 1997. The evaluation is based on discussions with Government Ministries and Departments, UN and bilateral agencies based in the country and on field visits to important agricultural areas, including north and south Hwangae, Ka ngwon, south Pyongan and Pyongyang. In late July this year the country was affected by floods for the second year in succession, though the severity was not comparable to the devastation caused by floods in 1995. Nonetheless, it is estimated that 1996 floods did result in a notable reduction in this year’s harvest. Two successive years of floods have undoubtedly set back agriculture and have significantly compounded underlying food production problems in the country. Notwithstanding this y ear’s floods, however, the overall trend shows clear decline, suggesting that the country would have carried a substantial food deficit in 1997 irrespective of flood damage. -
No Thumbnail AvailableTechnical reportDEMOCRATIC PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF KOREA - 6 September 1996 1996
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No results found.An on-the-spot review by FAO and WFP has just been completed to evaluate the effects of high intensity rainfall and floods, which occurred in the last week of July 1996, on crop production and food supply. The appraisal is based on discussions with Government agencies and damage assessment visits to the worst affected areas. These include Pyongsan and Kumchon counties in North Hwanghae Province, Pyongchon and Changdon counties in South Hwanghae Province and various areas in Kaesong Municipality. Although, heavy rainfall also reportedly caused some localised flooding around Supung and Sinuiju in North Pyongan in mid-August, the damage caused was not assessed by the FAO/WFP team. In the five days between 24 and 28 July 1996, the southern parts of the country received an average of 800mm of intensive rainfall, resulting in serious flooding and extensive damage to agriculture, property and infrastructure. The rainfall and resultant damage occurred most extensively in North and South Hwanghae Provinces, Kangwon Province and Kaesong Municipality. In addition, though much less extreme, agricultural areas close to the capital Pyongyang also sustained some damage to crops. Records indicate that during the five day period, South Hwanghae received 910mm of rainfall, North Hwanghae 830mm and Kaesong Municipality 630mm, compared to 230mm, 310mm and 130mm respectively, which would be expected during the same period in average years. The rainfall was, therefore, between three and five times normal and up to 200mm higher than the combined average for July and August, during which the country usually receives some 60 to 65 percent of its annual precipitation. -
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.
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