Jeonnam Province Announces Additional Recruitment for 'Smart Livestock ICT Pilot Complex Project'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province (Governor Kim Young-rok) announced on the 24th that it will hold an additional public recruitment for the ‘2020 Smart Livestock ICT Pilot Complex Project’ to promote sustainable livestock industry development by solving livestock odor and disease problems.

The ‘Smart Livestock ICT Pilot Complex Project’ is a project aimed at solving social issues in livestock such as environment, disease, and unauthorized livestock farms.

By integrating information and communication technology (ICT), the project will establish smart barns and livestock manure treatment and quarantine management systems to minimize environmental pollution and disease occurrence while improving productivity, creating a future-oriented cutting-edge livestock complex.

As a public project led by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, four additional sites will be selected nationwide, each with an area of 15 hectares. Over four years starting this year, an investment of 69.5 billion to a maximum of 79.5 billion KRW per site will be made to develop specialized complexes for each livestock type (Hanwoo cattle, dairy cows, pigs, chickens, ducks).

The project cost per site includes 7.5 billion KRW for infrastructure development, 2 billion KRW for education and control centers, and 60 to 70 billion KRW for livestock facilities.

Applications are open until June 17, and after forming a corporation or cooperative through city or county offices, related documents must be submitted to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs via Jeonnam Province.

Project recipients will be selected through a comprehensive evaluation by the Ministry’s evaluation committee composed of external experts in quarantine, manure management, ICT, and other fields.

Park Dohwan, Director of Livestock Policy Division at Jeonnam Province, said, “With the selection of the Smart Livestock ICT Pilot Complex Project this year, we will create a future-oriented, environmentally friendly advanced livestock complex to build a livestock industry model trusted by local residents and supply safe livestock products. We plan to establish two sites by 2024 to secure sustainable competitiveness in the livestock industry.”

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