date:Apr 12, 2013
ere believed to have been introduced last year aimed at boosting agricultural output.
It did not cite crop figures and North Korea does not acknowledge food shortages, although it does appeal for aid.
The harvest was better last year than previous years despite the heavy rain in the spring and the typhoon in the summer, the report quoted a manager of a test farm, located in South Hwanghae province the North's main rice belt, as saying.
In a word, motivation for production among farm workers i