ABSTRACT
A concerted effort was made between 1975 and 1977 to examine systematically the environment and economic circumstances of a small, highly differentiated rural area of the Republic of Korea. The Korea Traders Association, a private association of manufacturers and traders in Korea, fosters regional development as a means of stimulating production of exports that its members may market abroad. Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) itself represented the concept of applying technology to achieve economic and social development in that it was conceived and created as an institution for the identification, selection, adaptation, development, and application of technology in pursuit of national development goals. The KIST staff knew of experiments in Europe and the United States where bacteria had been grown successfully on a substrate of poultry manure. Additionally, the KIST food scientists were able to recommend chemical treatment for the oranges which essentially eliminated the spoilage caused by bacteria and other organisims that attack the fruit.
