We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Chronic Food Shortages and the Collective Farm System in North Korea.
- Authors
Nam Sung-Wook
- Abstract
This article considers the problem of North Korea's collective farms from a micro-institutional perspective. It begins with an analysis of the collective farming system introduced in 1958, the changes in 1966 that allowed for sub-work teams, and the further reform of 1996 that permitted a new work squad system. The normalization of North Korea's agriculture is not just a technological problem; rather, it requires reform of the collective farms and their incentives: the removal of the inefficient elements in the shorter term and the promotion of family farming in the medium to longer term.
- Subjects
NORTH Korea; COLLECTIVE farms; COLLECTIVE farming; ECONOMIC reform; FAMILY farms
- Publication
Journal of East Asian Studies, 2007, Vol 7, Issue 1, p93
- ISSN
1598-2408
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1017/S1598240800004860