South Korea: Rice production support K-Rice Belt project expanded to 9 African countries

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Yun-gu = The number of participating countries in the 'K-Rice Belt' project, which supports increased rice production in Africa by transferring Korea's experience and technology, has increased to 9. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on the 17th that Sierra Leone, located on the Atlantic coast of West Africa, signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Korea and became the ninth member of the Rice Belt. Last July, the government signed MOUs with eight African countries, including Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, Uganda, Cameroon, and Kenya. Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Jeong Hwang-geun, who is visiting Sierra Leone as a special presidential envoy, met with President Julius Mada Bio, Foreign Minister Timothy Kava, and Minister of Agriculture and Food Security Henry Kpakar on the 16th to establish a mutually beneficial relationship based on agricultural cooperation between the two ...