Towards a Successful Inter-Korean Cooperation for Agricultural Development of North Korea: An Evaluation and on Approach
Book Introduction
Indeed, since 2000, the South and the North have experienced many things that they could not even dream of in the previous half century. Humanitarian aid to North Korea, including food and fertilizer, was actively carried out, and Koreans from both sides of the border freely traveled to and from Mt. Geumgang. In order to increase the productivity of North Korean agriculture, the two Koreas offered support in the form of materials and supplies, distributed seed potato cultivation technology, and farmed together at a joint farm in Mount Geumgang and Kaesong. Although there may have been some clumsy and sloppy aspects to this collaboration due to the alienation caused by years of living under different systems, it was a very precious meeting and experience that allowed us to even see into the future of post-unification agriculture from a wider perspective.
The book evaluates various North Korean agricultural support projects and inter-Korean agricultural exchange and cooperation projects conducted from 1991 to 2009, and provides directions for development based on the results.
About the Authors
Choi Jung Nam : Senior Researcher at the Institute for Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Technology Planning and Evaluation
Kim Wan-bae : Professor of Agricultural Economics and Sociology at Seoul National University
Li Keum : Ph.D. candidate at Seoul National University’s Department of Agricultural Economics and Sociology
Choi Chang Ho : Ph.D. candidate at Oregon State University in the U.S.
