The Central Cooperative Association and the Korea Rural Economic Institute have decided to jointly respond to the structural problems faced by rural and fishing villages, such as climate change and regional extinction. Last Thursday, Kim Ki-seong, the CEO of the Central Cooperative Association, and Han Du-bong, the director of the Korea Rural Economic Institute, signed a "Business Cooperation Agreement for Realizing Joint Values in Rural and Fishing Villages" at the Korea Rural Economic Institute in Naju, Jeonnam (photo). This is the first time the Central Cooperative Association has established a cooperative system with an agricultural policy research institution. The agreement was driven by the two organizations pooling their expertise and research capabilities to seek substantive policy alternatives for common issues in rural and fishing villages. With this agreement, the two organizations