Jeonbuk successor farmers seek answers in Japanese agricultural sites

The Jeonbuk Special Self-Governing Province Association of Agricultural Successors (President Lee Hoon-gu) visited agricultural sites in the Tottori–Okayama–Osaka region of Japan from December 1 to 5 through the '2025 Global Agricultural Cooperation Program'. About 20 excellent successor farmers in the fields of grain and horticulture and regional activists participated to seek a practical model to respond to the rapidly changing international agricultural environment. This program was launched to directly confirm advanced technology and international cooperation systems amid the deepening global food crisis and to explore the possibility of linking with Jeonbuk agriculture. Participants inspected various fields of Japanese agriculture, including production, distribution, machinery, and functional foods, on-site. The first stop was the Mizuho Grain Center in Tottori Prefecture, where they examined local main varieties and cultivation systems, confirming the structural strengths of ...