[Agricultural and Fisheries Newspaper=Reporter Nara Park] The scallion industry in Asan City has been recognized as a representative fruit and vegetable production area in Chungcheongnam-do by establishing a high-quality production system based on smart agricultural technology. On the 17th, Asan City announced that the Asan Scallion Research Association was selected as the highest quality fruit and vegetable production area in Chungnam at the '2025 Rural Promotion Project Achievement Report Meeting' hosted by the Chungcheongnam-do Agricultural Technology Institute. The Asan Scallion Research Association is a study group consisting of 27 scallion-growing farmers, which has been adopting a nutrient solution cultivation system based on a smart farm to respond to deteriorating cultivation environments due to climate change, such as heat waves and heavy rains, moving away from the conventional open field cultivation method. The association has a total area of 1.04 hectares.