Rural Development Administration, First Export of 'Potato Cultivation Agricultural Technology Package' to Bolivia

(Jeonju=Yonhap News) Reporter Kim Jin-bang = The Rural Development Administration announced on the 15th that it will export a 'Korean agricultural technology package' that combines all of Korea's agricultural machinery, fertilizers, and pesticides needed for the entire potato cultivation cycle to Bolivia. This package will be exported through Busan Port on the 16th, and is expected to greatly contribute to improving potato productivity in Bolivia. Bolivia uses potatoes as its main food resource, but due to poor soil, lack of cultivation technology, and steep highland environment, its mechanization rate is low, making it the lowest in productivity among Central and South American countries. The agricultural machinery being exported this time includes a total of 16 types, including 10 types of agricultural machinery such as soil work machines, seeders, fertilizers, pesticides, harvesters, sorters, and management machines, as well as 6 types of fertilizers and pesticides. The ...