date:Nov 15, 2012
North Korea is estimated to secure a total of 4.4 million tons of rice and corn to feed its people next year, an international organisation said Friday.
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations said in a report that the North may be able to produce 1.8 million tons of rice in 2013, while importing another 300,000 tons to secure a total of 2.1 million tons, reports YonhapNewsAgency.
About 100,000 tons will likely be set aside for emergency use, the report said.
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