This report provides an early assessment of the ongoing 2018 main crop season in DPRK by analysing the meteorological and vegetation conditions until mid-September 2018. The main findings are:
• Main season crop production prospects for 2018 has been negatively affected by the combined effect of rainfall deficits at the beginning of August, high temperatures from mid-July to mid-August and floods at the end of August.
• The heatwave between mid-July and mid-August, with temperature anomalies above 5 degrees almost in the whole country, affected mainly rain-fed maize and potato crops.
• A reduction in maize production is expected because of the combined effects of yield reduction due to hot and dry weather and increased post-harvest losses due humidity brought by late abundant rains.
• Potato yield in the northern provinces is expected to decline by 20%.
• Excessive rains at the end of August led to localised flooding in the southern parts affecting irrigated paddy fields.
PEREZ HOYOS Ana;
KAYITAKIRE Francois;
2019-01-03
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC114679
978-92-79-98416-7 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 29579 EN,
OP KJ-NA-29579-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC114679,
10.2760/373407 (online),
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