Gyeongnam Agricultural Research Institute to nurture 8 specialized crops in South Korea to enhance regional agricultural competitiveness

Published 2021년 10월 19일

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Gyeongnam Province in South Korea is set to boost its agricultural sector by investing 30.2 billion won over five years to enhance the productivity and competitiveness of eight specialized crops: onions, insects, paprika, sweet persimmons, chrysanthemums, apples, bellflowers, and mangoes. This initiative aims to increase farm household income, improve seed self-sufficiency, enhance productivity, reduce production costs, and promote the development of value-added products based on these crops. The project will be facilitated by the Gyeongnam Agricultural Institute, focusing on breeding new varieties, advancing cultivation technologies, and establishing processing and distribution systems, with an emphasis on increasing the self-sufficiency of onion seeds and adding value to insect farms through the production of edible insect-based products.

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(Jinju = Yonhap News) Reporter Ji Seong-ho = Gyeongnam Provincial Agricultural Research and Extension Services and the Rural Development Administration announced on the 19th that they would select 8 specialized crops to improve regional agricultural competitiveness and increase farm household income, and invest 30.2 billion won for the next five years to intensively cultivate them. Special crops include onions, insects, paprika, sweet persimmons, chrysanthemums, apples, bellflowers, and mangoes. Gyeongnam Agricultural Institute provides multi-faceted support for specialized crops, such as fostering high-quality new varieties, developing high-quality production and cultivation technologies, establishing processing and distribution systems, and expanding domestic and export markets. In particular, it plans to raise the seed self-sufficiency rate by more than 50%, increase productivity by 20% by introducing digital cultivation technology, and reduce production costs by 20% by ...

Source: Yna