◆State Plan Still Comes Before Distribution: What's Changed?
Laws show distribution priorities as follows:
1. Compulsory procurement plan
2. Contract procurement plan (farm collective contribution)
3. Farmers' distribution
This maintains the priority on state plans, no different from the past. However, a significant difference is that once plans are fulfilled, everything else belongs to farmers, regardless of amount.
This measure to boost farmers' motivation is the core of the new distribution policy. While it sounds reasonable, there's a catch. Fulfilling state quotas is never easy due to chronic material shortages, inefficiency, soil degradation, and natural disasters in North Korean agriculture.
Another notable point is the inconsistent terminology despite similar revision timing of both laws. The "collective contribution" in the Farm Law appears as "contract procurement plan" in the Grain Management Law, suggesting ongoing confusion in distribution policy.
The next article will examine how distribution policies are actually implemented in the field, based on reports from local reporting partners. ( To 5 >> )
※ ASIAPRESS communicates with its reporting partners through Chinese cell phones smuggled into North Korea.
＜北朝鮮特集＞金正恩氏が挑む農政改編とは何か（1） 農場から「協同」が消えた 農業関連法規を大幅見直し
＜北朝鮮特集＞金正恩氏が挑む農政改編とは何か（2） 農場の企業化を法に明示 「主体農法」放棄の動き？
＜北朝鮮特集＞金正恩氏が挑む農政改編とは何か（3） 拡張する農場の経営権 「今や農場が地主になった」という農民も
＜北朝鮮特集＞金正恩氏が挑む農政改編とは何か（4） 国家計画 VS 農民の生存、生産物をどう分配するか？
＜北朝鮮特集＞金正恩氏が挑む農政改編とは何か（5） 分配方式変わったのに取り分が減る…「やる気失せる」と農民から不満の声
＜北朝鮮特集＞金正恩氏が挑む農政改編とは何か（6） 不法耕作地「小土地」の完全禁止に農民は危機感
＜北朝鮮特集＞金正恩氏が挑む農政改編とは何か（7） 農場の食糧流通に新たな枠組が登場した
