Shift in agricultural ODA towards pragmatism ··· Ties with K-Food

The government is shifting its ODA projects in the agricultural sector towards the promotion of K-Food exports. On November 25, the International Development Cooperation Day, at the "2025 International Agricultural Cooperation (ODA) Business Public-Private Partnership Symposium," Kim Sin-jae, Director of the Global Agricultural Development Promotion Team at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, announced the new government's international agricultural cooperation direction, focusing on key issues such as a mutually beneficial ODA model based on private cooperation, the spread of models linked with international organizations and related agencies, and the promotion of ODA linked with K-Food and K-Culture. The government is shifting its policy focus from humanitarian aid and productivity improvement to practicality, national interest, and results. The key point is to strategically link ODA with the promotion of agricultural food and agricultural industry (K-Food Plus) ...