IIRD HISTORY
- Institute of International Rural Development (IIRD) was established in May, 2008 in Kangwon National University.
IIRD has conducted several country partner projects, which are funded by governments and international agencies.
IIRD formed expert groups, who have provided agricultural and rural development consulting projects in various developing countries.
- IIRD has conducted agricultural and rural development projects and provided consultancy in developing countries.
Additionally, IIRD has performed rural education and capacity building programs for government officials and community leaders in developing countries.
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2008
- May
- Foundation of ‘Institute of International Rural Development (IIRD)’ Corporation
- 강원대학교 산학협력단 산하 학교기업 국제농촌개발협력사업단(IIRD) 설립
- Contract with MIFAFF for Facility and Technical Support for Vietnamese Industrial Seed Potato Production (~2010)
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2009
- August
- Contract with KOICA for Joint Project for Rural Development in Cambodia (~2009)
- December
- Contract with KOICA for Vegetable Production Technology Development in El Salvador (~2010)
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2010
- December
- Contract with KOICA for Agricultural Technology Development in El Salvador (~2013)
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2011
- November
- Contract with KOICA for Establishment of Agricultural Training Center in Sudan (~2018)
- December
- Contract with MAFRA for Agricultural and Animal Resources Development in Rwanda (~2013)
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2012
- December
- Contract with KOICA for Highland Vegetable Production Technology Transfer in Ethiopia (JU) (~2014)
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2014
- November
- Contract with MAFRA/Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC) for Dissemination of Agricultural Technology and Increasing Agricultural Productivity in Mozambique(~2017)
- December
- Contract with KOICA for Nyaruguru Integrated Rural Development Project in Rwanda (~2018)
- Contract with KOICA for Self-Supporting Rural Development Project with Saemaul Undong (SMU)’s Participatory Approach in Cambodia (~2018)
- Contract with KOICA for Improvement of Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops in Lebanon(~2018)
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2015
- April
- Contract with KOICA for Development of the Capacities of Virus Free Potato Seeds Production Techniques in El Salvador (UES) (~2016)
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2016
- December
- Contract with KOICA for Education Capability Enforcement Project of Kampong cham National School of Agriculture (KCNSA) of Cambodia(~2019)
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2017
- February
- Contract with KOICA for Capacity Improvement and Advancement for Higher Education for the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences of UES in El Salvador(~2019)
- August
- Contract with KOREAEXIM/EDCF for Establishment of the University of Environment and Sustainable Development Bunso (UESD Bunso) (~2018)
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2020
- April
- Contract with KOICA for BDS Service for Agricultural and Rural Development Projects in Senegal (~2020)
- December
- Contract with MAFRA/Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC) for Rice Value Chain Improvement Project in Red River Delta, Vietnam (~2024)