Republic of Korea’s rice value chain project – Capacity development and experience sharing for rice value chains through South-South and triangular cooperation

In 2014 November, FAO has jointly implemented a phase I South-South and Triangular Cooperation project with the Republic of Korea (ROK) focusing on the development of rice value chains to facilitate the use of ROK expertise for knowledge sharing and capacity building. Lessons learnt from phase I showed the need for more efficient stakeholders’ coordination, a stronger involvement of relevant local counterparts, and a more country-needs oriented training programme.