Hamyang-gun Receives Positive Response for Operating Agricultural Technology Support Team

Strengthening On-site Guidance by Crop-specific Expert Instructors for Food Crops, Horticulture, and Specialty Crops

The Hamyang-gun Agricultural Support Team is providing technical assistance to farmers. (Photo by Hamyang-gun)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 3rd that it is receiving positive responses from farmers by operating a field-centered agricultural technology support team.

According to the county, the center has recently formed agricultural technology support teams by crop type such as food crops, horticulture, and special crops to listen to the difficulties of farmers who are experiencing challenges in cultivation environments due to increasing weather disasters and pests in the agricultural sector.

The support team visits the agricultural sites to diagnose pests and diseases and provide control methods when farmers request pest and disease diagnosis or technical support by crop type.

They also provide technical guidance to monitor major pests and diseases by crop type according to their outbreak periods, enabling farmers to control them early.

According to a county official, “There is an increasing demand for on-site technical support regarding crop-specific cultivation techniques and pests and diseases due to the aging of farmers and the increase in returnees to farming,” adding, “We plan to continue operating the agricultural technology support team to minimize crop damage through early response.”

Meanwhile, the Hamyang-gun Agricultural Technology Center currently has experts such as PhDs, Masters, and plant protection engineers assigned, and is equipped with facilities for analyzing heavy metals in agricultural products, pesticide residues, and soil analysis, providing significant help to farmers in practicing scientific farming.

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