Objective: Principle Objective: Mitigate the impact of natural disasters on agriculture production and rural livelihoods in the grain basket area of DPR Korea through the Anticipatory Action approach. Specific Objective: Strengthen the capacity of rural cooperatives, government, and humanitarian partners to adopt anticipatory action approach to mitigate the impact of natural disasters in South Hwanghae, North and South Phyongan provinces

Implementation Period: EOD: 01-Jun-2021 - NTE: 31-May-2022

Donor: ECHO

Budget: USD 303,398

Objective:To ensure food security of vulnerable groups at risk of undernutrition ? children, women, and patients at pre-school nurseries, hospitals, and household settings.

Implementation Period: EOD:08-Jun-2020 - NTE: 31-Dec-2021

Donor: UNOCHA

Budget: USD 700,000

Objective: To provide technical assistance to enhance production of two commercially important bivalve species, i.e. scallop and mussel in the selected and targeted coastal locations along the southern reaches of the East coast

Implementation Period: EOD: 17-Jan-2020; NTE: 31-Dec-2021

Donor: FAO-Technical Cooperation Programme

Budget: USD 372,000

Objective: To enhance capacity of cooperative farmers and farm technicians in promotion of Integrated Pest Management (IPM) for sustainable production of vegetables as well as improve food safety through the use of integrated pest management (IPM)

Implementation Period: EOD: 01-Nov-2018 - NTE: 30-Oct-2021

Donor: FAO-Technical Cooperation Programme

Budget: USD 400,000

Objective: To enhance capacity of cooperative farmers and farm technicians to increase productivity of rice cropping in reclaimed tideland through use of salt-tolerant varieties of rice.

Implementation Period: EOD: 01-Nov-2018 - NTE: 31-Oct-2021

Donor: FAO- Technical Cooperation Programme

Budget: USD 400,000

Objective: To improve capacity of researchers and farmers in Ryanggang province of DPRK in producing disease-free seed potatoes of improved varieties through tissue culture-based technology of accelerated regeneration in potato seed multiplication chain

Implementation Period: EOD: 23-May-2018 - NTE: 22-May-2021

Donor: FAO -Technical Cooperation Programme

Budget: USD 390,000

Objective: Strengthened capacity of cooperative farms to continue increasing production of crops and livestock by managing COVID-19 risks across the food value chain

Implementation Period: EOD: 17-Jul-2020 -  NTE: 31-Dec-2021

Donor: FAO-Technical Cooperation Programme

Budget: 500,000

Objective: To enhance the acquisition of advanced techniques on the artificial and mass reproduction of Pacific oysters spat (incl. triploid spat) and on improved ongrowing systems in the west coast of DPR Korea

Implementation Period: EOD: 01-Jul-2020; NTE: 30-Jun-2022

Donor: FAO-Technical Cooperation Programme

Budget: 450,000

Objective: To assist the Government of DPRK to develop a practical working model for agricultural/rural technology transfer and extension services improving technological productivity and income of farmers/rural population and contributing to the consolidation of the technological basis for sustainable agricultural/rural development and food/nutrition security.

Implementation Period: EOD: 01-July-2020 , NTE: 30-June-2022

Donor: FAO-Technical Cooperation Programme

Budget: USD 350,000

Objective:To improve technical and practical capacity of soybean cultivation through the adoption of global best practices.

Implementation Period: EOD: 01-Jun-2020, NTE: 31-May-2022

Donor: FAO-Technical Cooperation Programme

Budget: USD 402,000

The pasture seed multiplication and sustainable pasture development TCP (TCP/DRK/3403) project in the Sepo uplands received 436,000 usd funding. The Government promotes grass based sustainable livestock development, and plans to develop 50,000 hectares of abandoned native pastures in the Sepo Uplands for goats, sheep and cattle production.

The project builds technical capacity for pasture seed production and supports a pilot 100 dairy goat herd and a 24 dairy cow herd. This, once up-scaled, is expected to improve food and nutritional security, reduce poverty, reduce child mortality and improve maternal health.

Emergency assistance to control HPAI capacity (TCP/DRK/3503). Avian influenza can decimate poultry in their highest numbers. The disease can result in restrictions on domestic and international trade of poultry products and impact farmer's livelihoods and social economics.

Through this project, government field staffs are trained in disease control especially in disease surveillance and preparedness for future outbreaks. The result is a continued constant supply of poultry, food and nutrition security and improved livelihoods of populations. The livestock sector contribution to the agricultural economy will also be increased through enhanced veterinary capacity.

The emergency response to foot and mouth disease outbreak is aimed at enhancing government’s capacity to respond to and manage the outbreaks including by developing and implementing an emergency preparedness and response plan.

With 435,000 USD TCP funding, government field staff are trained in basic handling of animals and collecting samples, and in core central veterinary services. Farmers are trained on farm bio-security to ensure that affected animals are contained in the shortest time possible with a view to minimising the negative impacts of animal disease outbreaks.

Farmer Participatory Seed Multiplication and Post-Harvest Management for Food and Nutrition Security (TCP/DRK/3502). After the success of the Improved Seed Production for Sustainable Agriculture and Reduction of Post-Harvest Losses for Food Security projects, there was still a need for improved seed quality, controlled cultivation, post-harvest management mainly through capacity building and proper threshing and drying.

The project will benefit 4,085 cooperative farmers. Extension agents from the Ministry of Agriculture will receive applied training in improved seed production and good agricultural practices to minimize post-harvest losses. Academics and researchers will also be trained and will benefit from hands-on exposure and practical approaches introduced by the project to help increase human resource capacity.

The ultimate beneficiaries are more than 716,000 populations of six counties under the project who will benefit from cheaper and more available agriculture produce and products for improved nutrition.

The Emergency support to improve food security and nutrition of vulnerable farming families (OSRO/DRK/501/CHA) is a CERF funded project which aims at safeguarding the lives of the food insecure farming families by increasing the production of vegetables and soybean.

The aim is to increase Vegetable yield/ha by 35 percent and soybean by 25 percent compared to 2013.

Support for Integrated Crop-livestock Farming System (TCP/DRK/3504 ) In an integrated system, livestock and crops will be produced within a coordinated framework. The waste products of one component will serve as a resource for the other. For example, manure will be used to enhance crop production; crop residues and by-products will feed the animals, supplementing often inadequate feed supplies, thus contributing to improved animal nutrition and productivity.

The result of this cyclical combination is the mixed farming system, which exists in many forms and represents the largest category of livestock systems in the DPRK. The project will directly contribute to improved food and nutrition security of some 5,110 families and indirectly to some 642,430 people through integrated crop-livestock farming systems.