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    The Food and Agriculture Organization has listed North Korea as one of 37 food-shortage nations in need of external assistance, a US broadcaster reported Friday. North Korea's crop yields decreased due to severe droughts between April and June, and a shortage of water supplies for irrigation, the FAO's third-quarter report on the global food situation was quoted as saying by Voice of America. The report was released ...
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N. Korea designated as food-shortage nation again

Sept. 22, 2017 - 10:54 By Yonhap

The Food and Agriculture Organization has listed North Korea as one of 37 food-shortage nations in need of external assistance, a US broadcaster reported Friday.

North Korea's crop yields decreased due to severe droughts between April and June, and a shortage of water supplies for irrigation, the FAO's third-quarter report on the global food situation was quoted as saying by Voice of America. The report was released the previous day.

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The North's food shortage amounts to 458,000 tons, the report said, adding that it should receive external aid and imports.

But the shortfall was down 33 percent from 685,000 tons a year ago, according to the report.

Of the 37 nations requiring outside assistance, 29 are from Africa, and seven, including the North, from Asia, the report said. (Yonhap)

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