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

Published 2024년 10월 15일

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The Rural Development Administration of South Korea is exporting a 'Korean agricultural technology package' to Bolivia, aimed at enhancing the country's potato productivity. The package will be shipped from Busan Port on the 16th and will include 16 types of agricultural machinery, fertilizers, and pesticides. It is expected to boost potato production by over 200% compared to current levels. This initiative is set to be implemented at a potato cultivation complex in the Cochabamba region, operated by the Bolivian Center of the Overseas Agricultural Technology Development Project (KOPIA). This export is seen as a significant step in solving Bolivia's agricultural challenges and potentially expanding new markets for Korean agricultural equipment.

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(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 ...

Source: Yna