Korea, Japan and China have agreed to work together to introduce and promote sustainable farming practices and revitalize rural areas facing population aging and workforce shortages as the countries' agriculture ministers met on Monday.
The trilateral ministerial meeting, the fourth of its kind, was attended by Korean Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryung, Japanese Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Shinjiro Koizumi and Chinese Minister of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Han Jun.
They issued a joint statement at the event, which was held on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Food Security Ministerial Meeting that concluded its two-day run on Sunday, committing to cooperation in key areas.
"The three countries have met for the first time in seven years after COVID-19's global holdup, facing common challenges, including the climate change, unstable food supply chains and rural industries at a crossroads due to the aging workforce and needs for digital transformation. These are key issues we all must work together to solve," Song said during a media briefing.
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