Nutrition in North Korea: Its not just about food

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Nutrition in North Korea Its not just about
food

• Randall Ireson
• American Friends Service Committee

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Famine and Food Aid
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A hungry child knows no politics.

• Ronald Regan

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A hungry child knows no politics, but every
hungry child is a victim of politics.

• Erich Weingartner

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Precipitating FactorsFloodFloodDrought
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Mass gymnastics show glorifying the Sun, Kim Il
Sung (2005)
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Arirang Mass Gymnastics Performance (2002)
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• Stunting Low height for age
• Chronic malnutrition
• Wasting Low weight for height
• Acute malnutrition

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1998
2002
2004
1998
2002
2004
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Distribution of Stunting, All children under 7
years. 2002 and 2004 data
2002
2004
Normal distribution
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Causes Policy Choices
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Rice Paddies North of Anju
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Harrowing a Rice Paddy
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The Rural Technical Revolution

• Mechanization
• Chemicalization
• Irrigation
• Electrification

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Great Leader Kim Il Sung Teaches About Agriculture
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Fertilizer Use and Food Production in DPRK, 1989
- 2004
Food production
Fertilizer use
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Lessons for Us
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Crisis as Opportunity
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- A new food security
Local, sustainable agriculture systems
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Five feasible changes
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Estimated Investment for Sustainable Agriculture
System in DPRK
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Wind Turbines such as these can be used in DPRK
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Extolling the Advantage of Raising Ostriches
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Mass Gymnastics Praising Modern Poultry Farming
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