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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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- First Korea Islands Forum held to seek balanced development for coastal areas
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The Korea Rural Economic Institute hosted the first Korea Islands Forum in Seoul on May 25, jointly with the Korea Island Development Institute and the Korea Maritime Institute.
Participants from the three organizations discussed ways to promote balanced development for islands and how to cope with the rural decline with the title “The Government’s Regional Balanced Development Directions and Sustainable Development for Islands.” The forum aimed to share ideas on the topic as the incoming Yoon Suk-yeol administration selected revitalizing rural communities as one of its six core policy directions.
At the conference, the Korea Maritime Institute discussed the declining status of coastal areas and solutions to cope with it. KREI presented successful cases of rural communities for balanced development and insights applicable to the development of coastal areas, while the Korea Island Development Institute shared ideas on sustainable development plans for islands.
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- KREI holds a forum to share last year's research achievements
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The Korea Rural Economic Institute hosted the 2022 Forum for Research Achievements in Seoul on April 15, broadcast live through its online channel (youtube.com/kreipr).
KREI holds the annual forum to share its research achievements with policymakers, local communities, agricultural experts, and farmers. Through the 2022 session, the institute reviewed policy directions for agriculture and rural communities.
The forum was composed of presentations and discussions on five topics, including “healthy, safe food and food security,” “agricultural innovation through digital technology and low-carbon farming, ”rural revitalization through urban-rural balanced development.“ ”nurturing young agricultural workforce,“ and ”policy implementation for stable farming.“
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- KREI celebrates the 44th anniversary of its foundation online
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The Korea Rural Economic Institute held a ceremony to mark its 44th anniversary of foundation on April 1. The session, held online due to the pandemic, opened with KREI President Kim Hong-sang’s congratulatory message, followed by award presentations for contributions and achievements in research. Through his speech, President Kim emphasized KREI’s roles and future directions. “We should endeavor to suggest appropriate policy proposals for the government through our thorough and diverse research activities, he added. The session closed with congratulatory messages from researchers and staff members.
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- KREI hosts a session with farmers to discuss policy directions for low-carbon farming
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The Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) hosted an on-site discussion in South Chungcheong Province, located south of Seoul, on March 24. The session with the theme of “Policy Directions for Low-carbon Farming’ was broadcast live through the institute’s YouTube channel (youtube.com/kreipr).
KREI prepared the session to understand farmers’ awareness of the effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in agriculture and listen to their feedback. Participants shared opinions for related policy directions.
Attending the discussion, KREI President Kim Hong-sang addressed that agricultural experts would develop policy tasks based on farmers’ views shared through the session.
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- KREI hosts international forum on rural development for implementation of UN SDGs
- KREI hosts international forum on rural development for implementation of UN SDGs
The Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) hosted an international forum to share ideas on the implementation of the UN sustainable development goals (SDGs) for rural development, jointly with Gyeongsang National University (GNU), located in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province, on February 15, 2022.
The forum, held at the GNU’s Gajwa Campus, presented win-win models for regional development based on the UN SDGs and built global partnerships among public, private, and academic organizations.
Participants from South Korea, Japan, Cambodia, Vietnam, and Bangladesh shared issues faced by their countries and directions for development. Korean delegates introduced “rural utopia projects” initiated by five local governments. “Local governments, universities, corporations, and non-government organizations must cooperate in spreading the ideas of the projects worldwide and work for international partnership building,” emphasized the delegates in their presentation.
The conference was sponsored by international organizations, such as the United Nations Office for Project Services, the Asian Development Bank, and the World Student Christian Federation, and Korean organizations, such as the SDX Foundation, SDSN (Sustainable Development Solutions Network) Korea, and Korea CEO Summit.
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- KREI hosts Agricultural Outlook 2022 online for two days, from January 19 to 20
- KREI hosts Agricultural Outlook 2022 online for two days, from January 19 to 20
KREI launched the Agricultural Outlook 2022 on January 19, under “New Hopes for Agriculture and Rural Communities.” It has held the conference for 25 years, attended by farmers, scholars, policymakers, and public officials for discussions to seek improvement directions for agriculture.
The meeting this year was composed of two-day online events. In the first day’s morning session, Kim Si-yeol, chairperson of the Presidential Committee for Balanced National Development presented a special address. Also, Jeong Min-kook, the head of the KREI Center for Agricultural Outlook, delivered an address, “The Outlook on Agriculture and Farm Household Economy.” The presentations were followed by the New Year’s Dialogue, moderated by KREI President Kim Hong-sang.
The first day’s afternoon session was arranged for discussions and presentations on agricultural policy issues for 2022. The session was divided into four sub-topics, including rural renewal in the age of depopulation, carbon neutrality and agricultural paradigm shift, new challenges and opportunities for the agricultural industry, and innovative distribution systems for farm produce.
The second day was composed of nine group discussions for agricultural sub-sectors, including vegetables, food crops, hoofed mammals, fruits, and international crops.
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