South Korea: K-Ricebelt project transfers expertise and technology to feed Africa

Published 2024년 4월 12일

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The K-Ricebelt project, launched by South Korea, aims to enhance food security in Africa by boosting rice production in eight countries including Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Cameroon, Uganda, and Kenya. This initiative focuses on providing climate-resilient rice varieties to small-scale farmers to help achieve zero hunger. In 2023, a pilot project in six African countries successfully produced 2,321 tonnes of rice seeds, exceeding its initial target. South Korea has committed to increasing the annual production to 10,000 tonnes by 2027, with an investment of over 100 billion won ($77 million) over the next four years. This effort is part of South Korea's broader commitment to playing a more active role in international affairs, specifically aimed at improving food security and rice yields across Africa.

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Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Gambia, Senegal, Cameroon, Uganda, and Kenya are benefiting from a South Korean developmental initiative as a swift response to the danger over food security in Africa by helping these countries to increase rice production and reduce their reliance on imports. Known as the K-Ricebelt project, it is aimed at providing small farmers in the beneficiary countries with resilient rice varieties to combat the challenges posed by the climate crisis and it is the Republic of Korea’s official development assistance (ODA) project, aimed to contribute to achieving zero hunger in Africa by building rice seed production complexes in African countries, producing high-yielding rice seeds, and supplying them to farmers. Data from the Korean Ministry of Agriculture says in 2023, the government started a pilot project to produce rice seeds in six African countries, funded by the budget of the Korea Partnership for Innovation of Agriculture (KOPIA), and achieved a ...

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