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Program: North Korea Ryongyon
Program ID: 2600-8008

Country: North Korea

Name: North Korea Food Security Through Sustainable Agriculture: Environmentally Friendly Sustainable Community Development

Local Partner: Ryongyon Joint Venture

Summary:
Objectives:
- To improve food security and living standard through gains in unit area food crop yield.
- To implement double cropping and soil fertility by planting cover crops of spring barley and such vegetables as Napa cabbage and radishes for winter kimchi.
- To utilize hairy vetch or rye in the double cropping system along with introduction of small livestock.

The 2009-2010 program year was made possible with a special donation from PCUSA-PDA to the COB-GFCF member account.

Program Focus:
Households: 2,800 Communities: 4 Individuals: 15,000 Budget: $102,000.00

Program Start Date: 3/1/2008
Current Year Start Date: 3/1/2010
Program End Date: 2/28/2011

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 Updates  5/19/2009 11:13:26 AM
 Updates  12/23/2008 11:39:30 AM

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This program is eligible for funding of a possible extension.