South Korea is expanding its agricultural partnership with Africa through a second phase of its rice development programme aimed at improving food security and boosting rice production in some of the continent’s most challenging farming environments. The Korea-Africa Food & Agriculture Cooperation Initiative (KAFACI), led by South Korea’s Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, ...

Officials from the KOPIA Uganda Center distribute bags of rice seeds developed by the center to farmers in Doho, Uganda, in November 2023. (Courtesy of the Rural Development Administration) South Korea is expanding its agricultural development partnership with Africa, targeting the production of more than 11,000 tons of seed rice annually across the continent by ...

Nigeria plans to enhance economic ties with South Korea following the export of $2.26 million (N3.4 billion) worth of alloys and unwrought aluminum in Q4 2023, according to the West African country’s Foreign Affairs Minister Yusuf Tuggar. This move comes amid an improvement in bilateral trade between both nations that saw Nigeria import approximately $203 ...