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KREI implements both short- and long-term research projects on agriculture and rural issues.

Short-term projects seek to respond to farmers, the government and other related organizations with timely solutions to policy issues at hand. Long-term research addresses rural problems within an overall framework of the changing national economy..

The list below shows the names of research departments and affiliated orgarnizations of KREI.

  • Research Departments
  • Center for Agro-Food Policy Research
  • Center for Agricultural & Rural Policy Research
  • Center for Global Cooperation & Research
  • Center for International Agricultural Development & Cooperation
  • Division of Forest Policy Research
  • Division of Future Policy Research
  • Affiliates
  • Center for Rural Infomation & Culture(CRIC)

Surveys

KREI conducts various surveys on agriculture and rural issues. Interviews and mail surveys are carried out to collect information on farmers'perceptions of agricultural and rural issues. In this regard, KREI operates a monitoring system consisted of more than 2,100 farmers nationwide.

Public Relation

KREI shares views and research results on agriculture and rural development with domestic and foreign governments, research institutes, universities, agribusiness organizations, the press, and others. To this end, KREI organizes seminars, symposia, conferences, and workshops on a wide range of topics.

Personnel

Overseas
  • - Australia (Australian Bureau of Agriculture and Resource Economics)

  • - China (Information Center/Ministry of Agriculture The People's Republic of China, Research Center for Rural Economy/Ministry of Agriculture The People's Republic of China, Institute of Agriculture Economics and Development/Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Center for Chinese Agricultural Policy/Chinese Academy of Sciences of The People's Republic of China)

  • - Japan (Policy Research Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, Tokyo University of Agriculture & Technology)

  • - USA (University of Missouri, Washington State University)

  • - Vietnam (National Institute of Agricultural Planning and Projection, Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development)

  • - International Rural Sociology Association
Korea
  • - Agriculture Forestry Fisheries Information Service
  • - Chungcheongbuk-Do Provincial Office
  • - Chungnam Development Institute
  • - College of Economics Sogang University
  • - Daegu-Gyeongbuk Development Institute
  • - Daum Green Net
  • - Gyeonggi Research Institute
  • - Hankyong National University
  • - Jeju Development Institute
  • - Jeonbuk Development Institute
  • - Kangwon National University
  • - Korea Agro-Fisheries Trade Corporation
  • - Korea Forest Service
  • - Korea International Cooperation Agency
  • - Korea Social Science Date Archive
  • - Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency
  • - Korea University
  • - Kyeongnam Development Institute
  • - Kyung Hee University
  • - National Assembly Library
  • - National Research Foundation of Korea
  • - NHN Corporation
  • - Statistics Korea
  • - Gyeongsangbuk-Do Provincial Office

Training

KREI's research staff actively participate in teaching activities both in Korea and abroad. KREI offers training opportunities to government officials, farm monitors, and others in the fields of agricultural economics, feasibility study techniques, survey methods, integrated rural development, etc. Many workshops are held at the request of local governments to provide ideas and information regarding the planning and implementing of integrated development projects in specific rural areas.