The food problem is one of the big issues causing international crisis. Especially, the food crisis is deep in Middle Africa, southern part of the Sahara Desert. Korea has started to help agricultural development of the developing countries. Since 2009, Rural Development Administration(RDA) has established the KOPIA(Korea Project on International Agriculture) Center in 15 countries of Asia, Africa and South America. This study aims to introduce the process of establishment and development of KOPIA Center for agricultural research in Democratic Republic of the Congo. D.R. Congo has relatively vast land resource and development potential, but they are very poor and deficient in food supply. D.R. Congo is interested in agricultural development. It needs high technology and capital investment from Korea. KOPIA Center in D.R. Congo was established at the University of Kinshasa(UNIKIN). UNIKIN does not have enough facilities for research to develop agricultural technology. Therefore, we started to build the farm land and other facilities for research at mountain area in the UNIKIN campus. The research subjects were selected to maize and potato among food crops, and tomato and cucumber among vegetables. The subjects to develop the agricultural cooperation project between Korea and D.R. Congo are as follows; it is necessary to recognize that the agricultural technology aid for developing countries is one of the national concerns. It is also necessary to develop the technology suitable to the country, and to develop the human resource for foreign agriculture development. This project is important to strengthen the potential of overseas food production base for Korea.

• 박평식(농촌진흥청 국립식량과학원) | Pyung-Sik Park Corresponding author