NK To Conduct Agricultural Reform To Boost Production

In this Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 photo, a North Korean woman rides a bicycle at Migok Cooperative Farm in Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. The signs read “To fight for harvesting,” left, and “To perform patriotism led by Kim Jong Il.”

In this photo taken on Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, North Korean farmer O Yong Ae sits at her home during an interview at the Migok Cooperative farm in Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. Farmers would be able to keep a bigger share of their crops under proposed changes aiming to boost production by North Korea’s collective farms, which have chronically struggled to provide enough food for the country’s 24 million people. Current rules require them to turn everything over to the state beyond what farmers can keep to feed their families.

This Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012 photo shows a general view of Migok Cooperative Farm in Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province, North Korea. <AP Photo/Vincent Yu>

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