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=== South Korea === The most noticeable change in Korea's agriculture occurred throughout the 1960s and 1970s. More specifically, the "[[Green Revolution]]"<ref name=":11">{{Cite journal |last=Moon |first=Manyong |date=2012 |title=The dual Green Revolutions in South Korea: reforestation and agricultural revolution under the authoritarian regime |url=https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22834068/#:~:text=In%20South%20Korea,%20th%20e |journal=Historia Scientiarum: International Journal of the History of Science Society of Japan |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=161β173 |issn=0285-4821 |pmid=22834068}}</ref> program where South Korea experienced reforestations and agricultural revolution. Due to a food shortage during [[Park Chung Hee]]'s presidency, the government encouraged rice varieties suited for organic farming.<ref name=":13">{{Cite journal |last=Burmeister |first=Larry L. |date=1987 |title=The South Korean Green Revolution: Induced or Directed Innovation? |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/1153892 |journal=Economic Development and Cultural Change |volume=35 |issue=4 |pages=767β790 |doi=10.1086/451621 |jstor=1153892 |s2cid=153939024 |issn=0013-0079}}</ref> Farmers were able to strategize risk minimization efforts by breeding a variety of rice called Japonica with Tongil.<ref name=":13" /> They also used less fertilizer and made other economic adjustments to alleviate potential risk factors.<ref name=":11" /> In modern society, organic farming and food policies have changed, more specifically since the 1990s. As expected, the guidelines focus on basic dietary recommendations for consumption of nutrients and Korean-style diets.<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=Background |url=http://www.fao.org/nutrition/education/food-dietary-guidelines/background/en/ |access-date=2022-08-23 |website=Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |language=en}}</ref> The main reason for this encouragement is that around 88% of countries across the world face forms of malnutrition.<ref name=":14" /> Then in 2009, the [https://unicefeaproinasactoolkit.files.wordpress.com/2017/09/the-special-act-on-childrens-dietary-life-safety-management_seoul_korea-republic-of_5-15-2009.pdf Special Act on Safety Management of Children's Dietary Life] was passed, restricting foods low in energy and poor in nutrients.<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=Choi |first1=Seul Ki |last2=Frongillo |first2=Edward A. |last3=Blake |first3=Christine E. |last4=Thrasher |first4=James F. |date=July 2017 |title=Food Availability in School Stores in Seoul, South Korea After Implementation of Food- and Nutrient-Based Policies |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/josh.12518 |journal=Journal of School Health |language=en |volume=87 |issue=7 |pages=498β505 |doi=10.1111/josh.12518|pmid=28580674 }}</ref> It also focused on other nutritional problems Korean students may have had as well.{{Educational assignment}}
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