Increasing Agricultural Production

The Government of the Republic of Korea has been attempting to increase agricultural production through more rational use of fertilizers and by bringing waste land into cultivation. Towards the attainment of this goal, the Government, in 1961, with the assistance of the United Nations Special Fund and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) acting as the Executing Agency, launched an agricultural survey and demonstration in two selected watersheds. These studies and demonstrations, which will take five years, will be used by the Government as a guide in selecting the best methods of developing similar cultivable areas.
An old farmer from the village Sang Tang, one of the demonstration areas.