[Korea Farmers News Agency, Reporter Kim Young-min] After more than 40 years, rice cultivation using Korean rice varieties has succeeded in Mongolia. The yield is not small, and there is growing anticipation that if rice cultivation in Mongolia expands in the future, it will lead to exports of agricultural machinery, crop protection agents, and fertilizers. The Rural Development Administration revealed that, in response to a request from the Mongolian government, the KOPIA (Overseas Agricultural Technology Development Project) Mongolia Center has been promoting the "Mongolia-adapted rice cultivation technology development project" and, after about two years of research efforts, has succeeded in rice cultivation. Mongolia's staple foods are meat and wheat, but with the recent shift to a grain-based diet, rice consumption has increased rapidly. However, Mongolia's temperature is