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The UN Food and Agricultural Organization estimates the country needs to import 1.10 million metric tons of cereals to meet its food requirements for 2009/10 (about 25 percent of total needs), but economic constraints mean DPRK will struggle to meet its food import needs.

but public rations are reportedly far from sufficient and daily food consumption for most households is poor. Negative coping strategies are widely used, particularly during the April-October ‘lean season’ prior to the autumn rice and maize harvests, when food stocks are rapidly depleted.According to assessments from 2008, survival strategies include cutting down on the number of meals per day, eating more wild foods or less preferred foods (such as maize instead of rice) and reducing portion sizes for adults so that children can eat.

The chronic food shortages have had a dramatic impact on the health and wellbeing of people in the DPRK and while some progress has been made, the country has high rates of under-nutrition compared with its regional neighbours. Preliminary results from a survey led by UNICEF indicate that stunting rates for children under 5 have decreased from 37% to 32% and wasting rates have decreased from 7% to 5 %. About 28% of pregnant and breast-feeding women are undernourished.