KREI hosted 2019 KAPEX Training Program for Myanmar and Indonesia.
Visiting Program for the 2019 Korea Agricultural Policy Experiences for Food Security (KAPEX) in Developing Countries

Korea Rural Economic Institute's Center for International Agricultural Partnership(CIAP) invited officials and researchers in the Department of Agricultural Research at Myanmar's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Irrigation, and Indonesian Soil Research Institute of Ministry Of Agriculture, and provided a training program, which is part of the 2019 KAPEX project for developing nations. (Myanmar: May 27~31, Indonesia: Jun 10~14) 

The program, which is hosted by the Center for International Agricultural Partnership(CIAP), consisted of lectures and field trips, aiming to share agricultural policy experiences in Korea and strengthen the capabilities of government officials and researchers from Myanmar and Indonesia. The theme of this year's KAPEX project is as follows:" Developing the corn value chains to increase farm household income" for Myanmar; "Strengthening agricultural productivity through the development of eco-friendly fertilizer industry" for Indonesia; "Building a distribution system for high-yielding rice varieties" for the Philippines.

The contents covered in the training program will be used as the primary data to identify each country's cooperative development project in the future. In addition, Center for International Agricultural Partnership(CIAP) has a plan to conduct a mid-term academy and the 2nd field survey for hands-on officials and researchers in each partner country in July and August.