Korea: K-Rice Belt expansion, strengthening food security

Published 2024년 6월 7일

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The article highlights South Korea's commitment to expanding its 'K-Rice Belt (Korean-style rice production belt) construction project' in Africa from 10 to 14 target countries in an effort to address food shortages. This was announced during the '2024 Korea-Africa Agricultural Conference' by President Yoon Seok-yeol, who also pledged to increase Official Development Assistance (ODA) projects to $10 billion by 2030. The project, which currently involves establishing rice seed production complexes and developing local climate-suitable rice varieties, will now also focus on rural development. This includes improving living conditions and providing agricultural equipment to enhance rice seed production stability. The conference also saw the signing of Memorandums of Understanding (MOUs) with Angola, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Madagascar, extending the project into southern Africa.

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The number of target countries for the ‘K-Rice Belt (Korean-style rice production belt) construction project’ to relieve food shortages in Africa will increase from 10 to 14, and the scope of cooperation will expand to include rural development. Song Mi-ryeong, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, heads of state and agriculture ministers from African countries participated in the ‘2024 Korea-Africa Agricultural Conference’ held in Seoul on the 5th and discussed agricultural cooperation measures. The event was organized on the occasion of the ‘Korea-Africa Summit’ held the previous day. In a joint declaration after the summit, President Yoon Seok-yeol said, “In order to respond to food security, we will expand projects to strengthen food self-sufficiency, such as the K-Rice Belt,” and added, “We will increase the scale of Official Development Assistance (ODA) projects to $10 billion by 2030.” “I will raise it to ,” he said. The K-Rice Belt Project is an ODA project in ...

Source: Nongmin