Under which ministry 's power is the funding and management of this research system mainly conducted ?
ASIC Lab BioSciences and BioInformatics Lab : The Korea Rice Genome Database WWW Server is maintained by the Dept of Biological Science , Myongji University as a part of Korea Rice Genome Research Program supported by the National Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology ( NIAST ) , Rural Development Administration ( RDA ) under the direction of Science and Technology Policy Institute ( STEPI ) .