Gangwon Agricultural Technology Institute holds on-site demonstration and evaluation meeting for hydroponic cultivation technology of Seesang ginger.

The Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Agricultural Technology Institute (Director Kim Dong-hoon) held an "On-site Demonstration Evaluation Meeting for Stable Production of Superior Seedling Ginger Using Hydroponic Cultivation Technology" on the 18th at a demonstration farm in Yongpyeong-myeon, Pyeongchang-gun. This evaluation meeting was organized to verify the effectiveness of the hydroponic cultivation technology for seedling ginger developed by the Agricultural Technology Institute through on-site demonstration, and to validate the superiority of the technology by comparing its productivity with traditional soil (open field) cultivation. Seedling ginger, unlike edible and processed ginger, is used as seed for the following year, making quality maintenance extremely important. However, in the main production areas of Chungnam and Jeonbuk, repeated occurrences of quality degradation and price instability are happening due to soil diseases and pests from continuous ...