Fuel shortages and high prices of agricultural inputs affecting planting of 2018 crops
11/09/2018
Highlights:
Fuel shortages are reported in several areas in the country, triggering sharp price increases in the parallel market.
Prices of most agricultural inputs surged in the last 12 months to more than twice their year-earlier levels.
Availability and access constraints to fuel [...]
High temperatures and below-average rainfall could affect the 2018 main season food output
05/09/2018
In the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, below-average rains, coupled with high temperatures from mid-July until mid-August, resulted in moisture stress during critical crop development stages in localized areas of the main crop producing provinces, including South and North Hwanghae, [...]
Drought causes crop losses in “Dry Corridor” in Central America
27/08/2018
Highlights:
There is a high risk of contraction in the production of basic grain crops in Central America because of the intensified "heat wave" in July, affecting the flowering and grain-filling phases of the crops.
The maize and bean crops grown for [...]
18/07/2018
Funded through the generous support of the United States Agency for International Development's (USAID) Resilience Evaluation, Analysis and Learning (REAL) Award, the Resilience in Action Series aims to bring the practitioner community one step close to bridging this gap between theory [...]
Food Supply and Demand Outlook in 2017/18 (November/October)
09/07/2018
This report assesses the food supply and demand situation in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea for the 2017/18 marketing year (November/October). It presents the 2017/18 aggregate crop production, which includes the 2017 main season, completed by October 2017, and [...]