North Korea’s crop production for 2017 has been severely damaged in what the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is calling the worst drought in the country since 2001, an alert issued by the FAO said on Thursday.
The dry weather conditions between April and June have led to steep reductions in North Korean crop production in key outputs such as rice, maize, potatoes and soybean and is “threatening food security for a large part of its population” the FAO said.
North Korea’s crop production for 2017 has been severely damaged in what the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) is calling the worst drought in the country since 2001, an alert issued by the FAO said on Thursday.
The dry weather conditions between April and June have led to steep reductions in North Korean crop production in key outputs such as rice, maize, potatoes and soybean and is “threatening food security for a large part of its population” the FAO said.
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