ICAO consigned research services to Dr. KIM, Dong-Hwan, a professor with Anyang University and Director of the Agrofood New Marketing Institute in Korea, on agricultural marketing business in three countries, including Korea, Japan, and Italy. The research was a comparative study to show how cooperatives in the three countries successfully link the producer to urban market. The research was presented in ICAO/CCI/IFAP Joint Seminar on September 21, and is posted on the ICAO website after the seminar.  Research on "How to Successfully Link Rural Producers to the Urban Market" by Dr. KIM, Dong-Hwan (Professor, Dept. of Trade and      Distribution, Anyang University, Korea)