BSF project "Resources Management to Adapt to Climate Change in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea"

" Resources Management to Adapt to Climate Change in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). In efforts to adapt to climate change, the DPRK government has placed utmost priority on developing new varieties of key food crops through better utilization and improved management. This BSF project aims at developing 11 specific strategies for conservation and utilization of rice, maize, wheat, barley and potato, which account for the largest proportion of people’s food consumption in the country and are indispensable for food security. These plans aim at improving the management of crop genetic resources nationwide and effectively utilizing the PGRFA to adapt crop production to changing agro-climatic conditions, diversifying crop cultivation and guaranteeing sustainable growth in agricultural production.