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http://dx.doi.org/10.12653/jecd.2022.29.4.0265

A Review of Trends and Tasks of Korea's Rural Life Improvement Programs - Lessons for Ethiopia -  

Bereket Roba Gamo (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration)
Yoon-Ji Choi (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration)
Jung-Shin Choi (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration)
Joo-Lee Son (National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, Rural Development Administration)
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Journal of Agricultural Extension & Community Development / v.29, no.4, 2022 , pp. 265-280 More about this Journal
Abstract
Rural life improvement has remained a key policy concern for the governments of most developing countries. However, developing countries mostly focused on agricultural productivity and technology development while implementing rural development policies. This paper was aimed at constructing the trends and identify the major tasks implemented through the rural life improvement programs in Korea and describing rural development efforts in Ethiopia after the Second World War. The data was generated through an intensive review of literature and focus group interview in Korea. The two countries in general and their rural areas in particular, were poor and almost similar initially. While the condition of rural Korea rapidly transformed since 1960s, rural Ethiopia has not yet experienced major improvement. Although different rural development efforts have been made in Ethiopia, erratic policies implemented by the different political regimes across time emerge to be one of the main factors behind the poor performance of the of the rural sector. Further, while the Korean government's rural development policy gave equal emphasis to improvement of agricultural production base as well as rural life improvement right from its inception, the Ethiopian rural development policy has rather neglected the rural life improvement aspect. Diversification of rural economy was also another priority area in Korea's rural development policy through agro-processing, rural tourism, and non-farm employment opportunities whereas this has not been the case in Ethiopia's rural development policy. We suggest some lessons that Ethiopia might adapt for its rural life improvement endeavors.
Keywords
community development; rural life improvement; rural development policy; Saemaul Undong;
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