South Korea: 8 specialized crops to enhance competitiveness of Chungnam agriculture

(Korea Agricultural Newspaper = Reporter Choi Jeong-min) Lead the agricultural development of Chungnam region by raising the production of ginseng in Chungnam from the current 620kg per 10a to 820kg by 2025, and increasing the production of Goji berry, a good medicine for dementia, from the current 13.5 billion won to 35 billion won The cultivation of specialized crops to go is being promoted in earnest. Rural Development Administration (Chairman Heo Tae-woong) and Chungcheongnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services (Director Kim Bu-seong) are working to improve agricultural competitiveness in the Chungnam region and increase farm household income. He announced that 8 crops will be selected as specialized crops, and 57.1 billion won will be invested over the next five years to intensively cultivate them. In the future, various support will be provided for the eight specialized crops, from cultivating new varieties to developing high-quality production and cultivation ...