{"id":50050,"date":"2021-12-06T15:38:37","date_gmt":"2021-12-06T06:38:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/?p=50050"},"modified":"2021-12-06T15:40:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T06:40:45","slug":"north-korean-government-begins-nationwide-purchases-of-rice-from-farmers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/north-korean-government-begins-nationwide-purchases-of-rice-from-farmers\/","title":{"rendered":"North Korean government begins nationwide purchases of rice from farmers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities recently began purchasing rice from farms and are even pressuring farmers to turn over their surplus production in the name of \u201cpatriotic rice contributions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to a Daily NK source in North Korea last Thursday, grain processing facilities across the country are going around to local collective farms and individual farmhouses to purchase grain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Each farm may offer just its allotted amount, but the processing facilities are demanding to purchase surplus production, too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In some regions, staff from the processing facilities are even fostering an atmosphere of political agitation, telling farmers that they should voluntarily offer \u201cpatriotic rice\u201d to become \u201cpatriotic farmers,\u201d or that they should offer their rice at giveaway prices to win praise from the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Staff from the processing centers are even entering farmers\u2019 homes to look around for hidden grain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With the state actively engaged in semi-forced purchases of grain, farmers are rushing to sell their rice in markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is because the state pays only one-third the market price for rice. Farmers naturally find it much more in their financial interest to sell to sellers in local markets.<\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_40900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-40900\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-40900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/\ubaa8\ub0b4\uae30_20190524.jpg\" alt=\"Rice planting in North Korea\" width=\"1200\" height=\"645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/\ubaa8\ub0b4\uae30_20190524.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/\ubaa8\ub0b4\uae30_20190524-300x161.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/\ubaa8\ub0b4\uae30_20190524-768x413.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/\ubaa8\ub0b4\uae30_20190524-1024x550.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/\ubaa8\ub0b4\uae30_20190524-696x374.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/\ubaa8\ub0b4\uae30_20190524-1068x574.jpg 1068w, https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2019\/06\/\ubaa8\ub0b4\uae30_20190524-781x420.jpg 781w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-40900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rice planting in North Korea. \/ Image: Rodong Sinmun<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Another problem is that the state pays not in cash but in kind, providing an equivalent price amount in fertilizer, pesticide, and plastic coverings. This is why farmers try to sell only a bare minimum to the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The phenomenon is having a partial impact on market rice prices, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As of Dec. 29, the price of rice was KPW 4,500 in Pyongyang, KPW 4,550 in Sinuiju, and KPW 4,200 in Hyesan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This basically suggests that rice prices are settling in the mid-KPW 4,000 range, having fallen since September.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Market grain prices typically fall after the harvest thanks to the abundance of potatoes, corn, and rice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are now more merchants dealing in corn and &#8220;long-stored&#8221; rice, too, also driving down prices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, there is concern that rice prices could skyrocket when supplies fall early next year if the authorities semi-force farmers to sell even their surplus harvest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">North Korean authorities can prevent rice prices from suddenly spiking by purchasing a sufficient amount of rice and selling it at appropriate prices through state food shops. The question is, however, whether state food shops will be able to secure enough rice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The source said the state\u2019s biggest concern is that rice prices will rise when times are already tough for the people due to the closure of the border. He further claimed that the authorities are squeezing farmers for rice to stop rice prices from suddenly climbing.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em>Please direct any comments or questions about this article to dailynkenglish@uni-media.net.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"td-post-header\"><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailynk.com\/%e5%8c%97-%eb%8b%b9%ea%b5%ad-%ec%b6%94%ec%88%98-%eb%81%9d%eb%82%98%ec%9e%90%eb%a7%88%ec%9e%90-%eb%86%8d%ec%9e%a5%c2%b7%eb%86%8d%ea%b0%80-%eb%8f%8c%eb%a9%b0-%ec%8c%80-%eb%b0%98%ea%b0%95%ec%a0%9c\/\">Read in Korean<\/a><\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean authorities recently began purchasing rice from farms and are even pressuring farmers to turn over their surplus production in the name of \u201cpatriotic rice contributions.\u201d According to a Daily NK source in North Korea last Thursday, grain processing facilities across the country are going around to local collective farms and individual farmhouses to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":128,"featured_media":50051,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wikipediapreview_detectlinks":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[67,645,869],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-50050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","category-economy","category-agriculture"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.7 (Yoast SEO v28.2) - 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