Rice farming and strategy to rural development

Since 2004, Jong Wun Ahn is the President of Korea Agricultural and Rural Infrastructure Corporation (KARICO), which is a leading and unique government-run company in the field of agricultural and rural development and rural water management in Korea. He is also the Chairman of Korean National Committee (KCID) of International Commission on Irrigation and Drainage (ICID). For most of his 30-years career, he worked for agricultural policy planning and rural development in Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry as a specialist in agronomy and agricultural economy. One of his reports “In the Era of Globalization, Direction and Strategy on Rural Development in Korea” in which he put his findings and thoughts together based on his experience is still a good reference work for agricultural policy planners.