Along with North Korea's Academy of Agricultural Sciences, World Vision, and the Asia Pacific Peace Committee, which was replaced by the Korea National Economic Cooperation Agency (KNECA), a fifth hydroponic seed potato farm was established in Taehongdan County in 2007, with expectations of boosting potato production quality by 50 percent.
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The "potato revolution" was initiated in 1999 by Kim Jong-il; potatoes were viewed as a crop of high importance.
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The first hydroponics seed potato farm was established in Pyongyang in 2000, followed by three additional farms in other locations.
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