North Korea is on track for a bumper harvest this year thanks to abundant rains and favorable growing conditions, according to NK Pro analysis of satellite data, even as state media credits party policies and new technology for boosting yields.

Data from NASA’s Terra MODIS, processed and visualized via Google Earth Engine, shows steady on-year improvements in vegetation performance across the country’s farmland from March to September.

NASA’s normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and enhanced vegetation index (EVI) use measurements of light reflected off the Earth’s surface to gauge vegetation growth