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- KREI, a national policy research institute,
has led the development of agriculture,
rural areas, and the food industry as a think tank for agricultural policy.
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- Training for Developing Countries’ Public Officials Completed Successfully
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The Korea Rural Economic Institute’s Center for International Agricultural Partnership implemented online training for 59 public officials of the Philippines, Cambodia, and Paraguay, the partner countries of the 2022/23 Korean Agricultural Policy Experiences for Food Security (KAPEX) program, for a month from February 1 to 28.
The training consisted of 16 policy lectures considering the Korean ODA model and each country’s demand; and five field lectures that accord with each country’s topic of the KAPEX program.
Particularly, through the lively lectures shot at the Animal and Plant Quarantine Agency, the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service, and the Jeollanam-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services, the trainees could learn online about the roles and experiences of each institution for agricultural development, even without visiting Korea.
The trainees drew up policies and action plans for their countries’ agricultural and rural development based on what they learned from the lectures, as the results of the training.
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- Seminar on Vitalizing Carbon Neutrality-related Market in Agricultural, Rural Sectors
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The Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) and the Korea Environment Institute on February 24 held a seminar on the topic of ways to vitalize the carbon neutrality-related market in the agricultural and rural sectors.
The event featured the following presentations: “Issue Analysis for Promoting the Dissemination of Low-carbon Agricultural Technologies” and “The Current Status of the Carbon Neutrality-related Market in the Agricultural and Rural Sectors and Ways to Vitalize It.” Discussion followed the presentations.
KREI President Kim Hongsang said, “Currently, the use of the market function for achieving a carbon neutrality goal in the agricultural and rural sectors is insufficient. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze factors impeding the vitalization of this market and seek measures for speedy implementation of related policies.”
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- Korean Agricultural Policy Experiences Shared with Cambodia
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The Center for International Agricultural Partnership of the Korea Rural Economic Institute conducted invitational training of the Korean Agricultural Policy Experiences for Food Security (KAPEX) program for five researchers and public officials of the Regional Development Department of Cambodia’s Ministry of Rural Development for five days from February 20 to 24.
The theme of this KAPEX program was “Rural Community Economic Development through Capacity Building and Integrated Farming Promotion in Cambodia.”
During the training, the Cambodian public officials learned about the technologies and case of Korea’s integrated crop-livestock farming system, established policies and action plans for Cambodia’s agricultural and rural development, and made presentations on them.
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- 2023 Agricultural Outlook Conference Held on Agricultural and Rural Innovation and Future
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The 26th Agricultural Outlook Conference, organized by the Korea Rural Economic Institute and sponsored by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, was held at the aT Center (Seoul) on January 18 (Wed.).
The theme of the 2023 Agricultural Outlook Conference was “The Innovation and Future of Agriculture and Rural Areas.” The event consisted of the following three parts: “Agricultural Policy Directions and the Future of Korean Agriculture”; “Agricultural Policy Issues in 2023”; and “Issues and Outlook by Industry.”
Part 1, which began with a special lecture on the importance of economic security, featured a presentation on major indicators and forecasts related to agriculture and rural areas, “Agriculture and the Farm Household Economy: Trends and Outlook, 2023.” Then experts examined key issues regarding agriculture and rural areas in 2022, and a New Year symposium for the 2023 forecast followed.
In the second part, experts in each field discussed and shared information on various plans that have become agricultural policy issues in 2023 with their significance highlighted recently.
Part 3 featured presentations and discussions on each industry’s supply and demand trends and outlook, such as vegetables, grain, fruit, fruit vegetables, forest products, and livestock products.
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- 2023 Kick-off Meeting: KREI Actively Responding to Major Issues and Agenda
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The Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) on January 2 held a kick-off meeting for 2023 in KREI’s main conference room.
KREI President Kim Hongsang, in his New Year’s address, expressed his gratitude to the staff who did their best to actively respond to major issues and agendas last year despite difficult conditions.
That day, new department heads received certificates of appointment, and government awards were given. The following prizes were awarded: outstanding employee citations; a presidential citation; citations from the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs; a citation from the Minister of Trade, Industry and Energy; and citations from the Chairperson of the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences.
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- KREI Won Grand Prize in 2nd Active Research/Administration Contest
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The Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) received an award from the Minister of the Office for Government Policy Coordination, the grand prize in the 2nd Active Research/Administration Competition for research institutions under the National Research Council for Economics, Humanities and Social Sciences.
In the contest, the Research Information Team of KREI’s Office of Knowledge and Information Service made a presentation on the case of “Building a Research Data Management System to Increase the Utilization of the Data.”
Through the project, KREI collected and established six kinds of survey data: the Public Opinion Survey on Agriculture and Rural Areas; commissioned survey data; KREI’s own survey data; the Consumer Behavior Survey for Food; the Processed Food Consumer Survey; and the Restaurant Management Survey.
Periodicals
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- Agricultural Outlook
- Global and domestic agricultural
economic outlook, Introducing
the agricultural policy Global and domestic agricultural
economic outlook, Introducing
the agricultural policy
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- World Agriculture
- Trends in world agriculture and agricultural policy, Summary of agriculture-related overseas news, World agricultural statistics
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- KREI Agricultural Trends in North Korea
- Summary of north korea agricultural trends, Media news release trends, Cooperation and support Results with Korea and international communities
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- Agricultural Trends in China
- Trends in China agricultural policy, agriculture and rural economic trends, Policy resources, China Agricultural Statistics
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- Agriculture and Rural Economic Trends
- Domestic economic trends, agricultural economic trends, Demand and price trends of major agricultural products
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- World Grain Market
- Global grain market trends, relevant information, and major grain agricultural policies
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- Trend of Agricultural Trade with FTA Partners
- Trend in imports and domestic prices of livestock products, fruit, vegetables, and major grains with a focus on FTA partners