Jeonbuk Province Selected for Agricultural Environment Safety Management Demonstration Model Contest

700 Million KRW in National Funding Support Until 2022

Conceptual Diagram of the Research and Development for Establishing a Demonstration Model of Agricultural Work Safety Management. Photo by Jeonbuk Province Provided

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Tae-in] Jeonbuk Province's "Agricultural Environment Safety Management Demonstration Model Construction Project" has been finally selected in the "2020 Rural Issues Resolution Living Lab Project" conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. Accordingly, it will receive 700 million KRW in national funding by 2022.

According to Jeonbuk Province on the 4th, the Rural Issues Resolution Living Lab Project is a public contest project newly launched this year to discover agricultural policy issues directly related to the daily lives of the public and seek science and technology-based solutions.

The contest fields include four areas: prevention of damage by harmful wild animals, disaster damage reduction, livestock odor reduction, and agricultural work safety management, with one task selected in each field.

The "Agricultural Environment Safety Management Demonstration Model Construction Project," selected in the agricultural work safety management field, involves Antics Co., Ltd., a farm life software development company located in Jeonju, as the lead research organization, collaborating with Jeonbuk Province, Rural Development Administration, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, and Jeonbuk National University.

Through this project, an ICT convergence-based real-time emergency alert service platform will be established to enable prompt response in case of agricultural machinery accidents.

Additionally, a system using smart bands will be developed to notify in real time when farmers working outdoors experience emergencies, along with agricultural machinery theft prevention systems and facility safety management technologies.

A Jeonbuk Province official stated, "As the rural population ages and the number of farmers decreases, the use of agricultural machinery is increasing, leading to frequent agricultural machinery accidents, making agricultural safety measures necessary. We will do our best to protect the precious lives of farmers and create a safe agricultural environment through the Agricultural Environment Safety Management Demonstration Model Construction Project."

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