South Korea Rice insights

Amid complaints from the rice processing food industry about difficulties in securing raw materials, there is a call to shift the focus of government grain policy from rice for consumption to rice for processing. The Korea Rice Processing Food Association, the Korea Rice Farmers' Central Union, and the Korea Food Security Research Institute at Korea University held a "Discussion on the Development of the Rice Processing Industry and Food Security" at the National Assembly in Yeongdeungpo District, Seoul, on the 22nd. This discussion was held in response to the "Rice Industry Structural Reform Plan (2025-2029)" announced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in December last year, under which the supply of government-managed rice for processing is set to decrease gradually from this year. According to the Korea Rice Processing Food Association, the government has set a goal to reduce the supply of rice for processing to 310,000 tons by 2030 and set the supply ...

[Reporter Kang-san Lee, Korea Farmers and Fishermen Newspaper] On the 18th, Jeonnam Province, CJ CheilJedang, Nonghyup Distribution, and the Boseong-Gangjin Integrated RPC signed a business agreement at the Jeonnam Provincial Office for the launch of a hat-shaped rice product using Jeonnam's rice variety, Saecheongnu rice. The business agreement ceremony was attended by Governor Young-nok Kim of Jeonnam Province, Lin Park, the representative of CJ CheilJedang Food Korea, Chan-ho Lee, the executive director of Nonghyup Distribution, Byung-wan Moon, the chairman of the Boseong Integrated RPC, and Jin-seong Guk, the chairman of the Gangjin Integrated RPC. According to this business agreement, the organizations will collaborate on △product design and production utilizing instant rice technology △supporting stable supply of Saecheongnu rice (10,000 tons annually) △marketing efforts to promote the excellence of Saecheongnu rice and consumer activation.

Goheung Pungyang Agricultural Cooperative (Chairman Song Young-cheol) announced that on the 20th, they, along with the Goheung Branch of the Korea Rural Community Corporation (Branch Director Park Seung-soo) and the Goheung County Branch of the Agricultural Cooperative Bank (Branch Manager Hong Sung-pyo), conducted the "Our Rice Consumption Promotion Campaign." This campaign was carried out by the Goheung Branch of the Korea Rural Community Corporation and was aimed at employees commuting to work and visiting customers by distributing rice cakes, rice porridge, rice noodles, and rice gruel to emphasize the importance of rice consumption and the excellent value of our rice, and to spread the morning meal movement. In particular, the Korea Rural Community Corporation and the Agricultural Cooperative share a common mission as representative public institutions protecting agriculture and rural areas, and through this collaboration, they aim to support local farmers and