[Korea Farmers' News Agency Reporter U Jeong-soo] Flower farmers in Gyeonggi Province once again urged the government to devise measures to strengthen the competitiveness of domestic flower farms in response to the expansion of market opening. The "Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs-Flower Major Producing Areas Heads Talk" was held at the Korea Flower Farmers' Association Goyang Flower Distribution Center on the 12th, attended by officials from the government and local governments, including Sa Mu-gwan from the Horticultural Management Division of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Chairman Jeong Su-young of the Gyeonggi-do Rose Research Association, Chairman Yoo Seok-ryong of the Korea Flower Farmers' Cooperative, and Director Kim Jin-young of the Gyeonggi Provincial Agricultural Technology Institute. At this meeting, the flower farmers stressed the urgent need to establish measures for the maintenance and development of the domestic flower industry in response to market opening.