Gyeonggi Province, tightening reins on livestock disease control··· 73.2 billion won invested over 5 years

In order to preemptively respond to ongoing livestock infectious diseases such as highly pathogenic avian influenza (AI) and African swine fever, Gyeonggi Province plans to expand the proportion of its own projects from 17% to 30% of the disease prevention budget from 2025 to 2029, investing approximately 73.2 billion won over the five years. Gyeonggi Province announced that it will implement the "Gyeonggi Province Livestock Disease Prevention Comprehensive Plan," which includes these details, starting this month. The key aspect of this plan is to shift from the existing national-led and post-response-focused disease prevention system to a preventive-centered preemptive disease prevention system and autonomous disease prevention led by local and private sectors that suits Gyeonggi Province's circumstances. In particular, the plan introduces a smart disease prevention system based on big data and AI to manage high-risk areas and farms differently and significantly expands ...