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Herds were privatised and the two-dozen huge state farms dissolved.
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Before the reforms, the state bought rice from state farms and co-operatives at 82 chon per kilo (100 chon make one won, worth less than a cent at the official exchange rate).
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Francis Ratnieks, a professor of apiculture at Sussex University who has worked on the state's almond farms, says the crop is so large and intensively grown these days that it has greatly surpassed the region's inherent ability to supply pollinators.
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