Framework Act on Agriculture and Fisheries, Rural Community and Food Industry. Pays/Territoire Corée, République de Type du document Législation Date 2009 (2012) Source FAO, FAOLEX Sujet Agriculture et développement rural, Pêche Mot clé Loi-cadre Développement agricole Exploitation agricole Éducation Politique/planification Développement durable Pêche maritime Pêche continentale Aquaculture Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, East Asian Seas, Asie Orientale, Pacifique Nord, Pacifique Nord Occidental Entry into force notes This Act shall enter into force on the date of its promulgation. Résumé The purpose of this Act is to provide for basic matters concerning directions to be sought by agriculture, fisheries, rural communities and the food industry and directions of national policy in order to pursue the sustainable development of agriculture, fisheries, and rural communities to stably supply safe agricultural and fishery products, and to enhance the level of income and quality of life of farmers and fishermen. The State and local governments shall formulate and implement comprehensive policies in order to promote the sustainable development and public functions of agriculture, fisheries and rural communities by training human resources for agriculture and fisheries in rural communities, securing the safety of agricultural and fishery products in the production stage, development of agriculture, fisheries and the food industry, and setting and maintaining of optimum goal of self-sufficiency of food and staples. The Minister of Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries shall establish the Korea Agency of Education, Promotion and Information Service in Food, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries ("EPIS") to efficiently promote development of human resources for agriculture and fisheries, facilitation of the information of agricultural food and rural communities, propagation and publicity of the value of rural community cultures, enhancement of the ability of agricultural and fishery business entities and provision of safety information on agricultural and fishery products. For the strengthening of environment preservation functions the State and local governments shall formulate and implement policies necessary for the construction of production infrastructure for environment-friendly agriculture, fisheries, etc., development of production technologies, production methods, fishing methods, fishing gear, and aquaculture technologies, certification of environment-friendly agricultural and fishery products. Texte intégral Anglais Site web www.klri.re.kr