The Gangwon Agricultural Technology Institute will invest 3.7 billion won in focusing on the cultivation of regionally specialized crops next year.

(Chuncheon=Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Ji-woong = Gangwon Special Self-Governing Province Agricultural Technology Institute announced on the 16th that it plans to invest 3.7 billion won next year to strategically cultivate regional specialty crops and thereby further strengthen the new growth engine of regional agriculture. Following the cultivation of corn as a'representative crop' and potato and asparagus as 'focused cultivation crops', next year will see the initiation of new research tasks for paprika and beans, which are 'self-cultivated crops'. Representative crops are regional representative brand crops with proven excellent marketability and growth potential, while focused cultivation crops are strategic items with excellent market competitiveness and production conditions. Self-cultivated crops have high long-term growth potential but require strengthening of market and production bases. The provincial agricultural technology institute plans to strengthen the entire cycle ...