Jungnang-gu Hosts the 9th Seoul Urban Agriculture Expo Non-Face-to-Face Contest

Ahead of the 9th Seoul Urban Agriculture Expo in September, various non-face-to-face contests related to urban agriculture are being held... Accepting entries for diverse online contests including home farming design, YouTube videos, smartphone photo exhibitions, and crop drawings

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Jungnang-gu (Mayor Ryu Kyung-gi) and Seoul City will jointly hold the "9th Seoul Urban Agriculture Expo" from September 24 to 27.

Prior to this, the district is hosting various contests related to urban agriculture.

Especially this year, due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and its resurgence limiting on-site participation, a variety of non-face-to-face online contests have been prepared to broaden the range of options.

The contests are held in four categories: ▲Home Farming Design (until 8.25), ▲Urban Agriculture YouTube Video (until 9.11), ▲Urban Farmer Smartphone Photography (until 9.11), and ▲Vegetable Garden Crops and Seeds Drawing (until 9.11).

Any interested citizen can participate by downloading and filling out the application form for each category from the 9th Seoul Urban Agriculture Expo website (Notice → Data Room) and submitting it via email (2020@agro-cityseoul.co.kr).

The main contest, "Home Farming Design," invites residents to design a one-pyeong (1.8m × 1.8m) vegetable garden space. Twelve teams will be selected through the first round of judging to directly create vegetable garden plots during the expo. The final excellent work will be chosen through visitor voting during the expo period.

Next, the "YouTube Video Contest" requires producing a 3 to 5-minute video on any topic related to promoting urban agriculture, uploading it to YouTube, and submitting the video URL. Selected finalists will receive a production budget, and the best works will be chosen through a final online evaluation.

Additionally, the "Urban Farmer Smartphone Photography" category invites submissions of everyday but precious photos showing urban farmers, taken only with mobile phones.

Photos passing the first round of judging will be exhibited during the expo, and up to 15 outstanding works will be selected through visitor voting.

Lastly, the "Vegetable Garden Drawing Contest" welcomes drawing works that effectively convey images of urban agriculture, such as garden tools, crops, seeds, and insects. Both basic sketches and colored works are acceptable, and six final excellent works will be selected from the finalists.

Ryu Kyung-gi, Mayor of Jungnang-gu, stated, "This Seoul Urban Agriculture Expo will be a festival for citizens who love urban agriculture and a cultural event to promote and create the value of urban agriculture. We will prepare strong quarantine measures and hold an online expo simultaneously to ensure the event fits the Ontact era."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.