The purpose of this paper is three-fold: to analyze the macrotrend of North Korea’s food supply and demand; to confirm the food security situation in North Korea in various respects; and to seek the sustainable ways of agricultural production as a prerequisite for food security in North Korea. In particular, analyzing North Korea’s weather observation data, which has hardly been considered in previous studies, we investigated how North Korea’s agriculture had been affected by various natural disasters (flood, drought, soil loss etc.) caused by unusual weather. The results show the fact that the agricultural security systems of North Korea is vulnerable to both drought and flood due to extreme precipitation changes, which are closely related to the negative impacts on North Korea’s agricultural activities. In order to enhance the sustainability of North Korea’s agriculture, it is necessary to improve the system (dissolution of collectivization), increase the amount of agricultural materials, enhance soil fertility and develop agricultural machines. Most of all, this research reveals the fact that the most important and fundamental points for food security in North Korea, it needs the systematic strategies to cope with climate change.

1. 머리말
 2. 이론적 논의
  1) 기후변화와 농업
  2) 먹거리보장
 3. 북한의 농업생산 실태
  1) 북한경제와 농업
  2) 북한의 농업생산과 식량수급
 4. 북한의 먹거리보장 실태
  1) 양적 측면
  2) 질적 측면
 5. 결론 - 지속가능한북한농업의 조건
  1) 기후변화에의 대응
  2) 생산방식의 전환
  3) 개방과 협력
 사사
 주
 References

• 김흥주(원광대학교 복지보건학부, Faculty of Welfare and Health, Wonkwang University) | Hung-Ju kim
• 이승호(건국대학교 지리학과, Department of Geography, Konkuk University) | Seungho Lee Correspondence