Jeonnam Province announced that a green light has been lit for achieving its goal of securing the nation's top spot for the certified area of low-carbon agricultural products, which it set for the first time this year to secure a head start in the low-carbon agricultural product market. According to the Korea Rural Development Administration, Jeonnam Province's newly applied area for certification of low-carbon agricultural products in the second half of this year is expected to reach 6,884 hectares, accounting for 92% of the nation's total, with 2,569 hectares. This is at a level of 112% of the 6,160 hectares of low-carbon certified area that Jeonnam Province aimed for this year (1,660 existing and 4,500 new). The actual number of participants in the five low-carbon agricultural product certification education sessions held since January is over 760, indicating the interest of farmers as well.