South Korea, Haenam sweet potatoes to be cultivated as a regional specialized cluster

(Haenam = Yonhap News) Reporter Jo Geun-young = Jeollanam-do Haenam Sweet Potatoes will be nurtured as a regional-specialized cluster linked with front and rear industries. Haenam-gun announced on the 4th that it would create a regional specialized industrial cluster in which primary, secondary, and tertiary industries such as sweet potato production, manufacturing and processing, and experience and tourism are convergence after being selected for a contest to create a rural convergence industrial district organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. This project will invest 3 billion won by 2024 to support the establishment of low-temperature storage and processing facilities for sweet potatoes, joint brand development, product marketing, and development of experience/tourism programs. Haenam is the largest sweet potato main production complex producing 34,000 tons of sweet potatoes per year on 600 farms and 1,964ha cultivation area, accounting for 56% of the ...