우리나라는 최근 대개도국 지원국가(DAC)에 가입하여 공적원조(ODA)의 규모를 확대하고 있다. 인도네시아는 많은 부존자원과 값싼 노동력, 큰 현지시장을 갖고 있어 큰 잠재 성장력을 갖고 있다. 특히 인도네시아의 특별자치주인 아체지역은 쓰나미로 인해 큰 피해를 입었으며, 역사적으로도 많은 어려움을 겪은 지역이어서 우리나라의 원조를 희망하고 있다. 본 연구에서는 아체지역에서 필요로 하는 어선 안전에 관한 시스템과 설비 및 인프라에 대해 기술하고 이 지역에 대한 효과적인 개발 및 지원 방안을 제시하였다.

The historical Tsunami hit Banda Aceh on 24 December, 2004 that killed 280,000 people. The incidence was the center of the world concern. In November of 2007, the governorment of Aceh Province invited the senior author as the President of ICF to initiate corn breeding program for Aceh environments. Germplasm from East Timor, Cambodia, Thailand, and IITA-Nigeria were used to develop locally adapted open-pollinated varieties (OPV). An OPV, "NAI" bred for East Timor using materials from Indonesia and Thailand was selected. The team planted seeds of nine commercial hybrids marketed in Indonesia and Thailand five times with two weeks interval. Through the half-sib improvement of NAI, new name "Jagung Aceh" was given. Jagung means corn in Aceh language. Inbreeding of the selected OPVs and commercial hybrids are intensively carried out with three cycles yearly. Both Jagung Aceh and selected elite hybrids have been used as testers for high combining ability as well as disease and insect tolerance. Major constraints of corn cultivation are Puccinia polysora rust, Exserohilum turcicum blight, downy mildew (Peronosclerospora maydis), ear rots, stem borers, and drought. Storage weevil is the major post harvest problem.