The South Korean government-run Rural Research Institute (RRI) has released plans to explore inter-Korean agricultural cooperation projects.

The institute is seeking subcontractors to explore the effect that agricultural infrastructure development in the North may have on inter-Korean economic development, the website of South Korea’s Public Procurement Service (PPS) reads.

“The agriculture, which is a non-political field, should be priming water for promoting inter-Korean exchanges and the institutionalization of inter-Korean relations,” the RRI reported in a proposal released last Friday, saying Seoul could “promote inter-Korean dialogue while prioritizing the South-North agricultural cooperation.”

The department of Unification Agricultural Research at the RRI plans