Sejong Janggun-myeon, Creation of Cornus officinalis Cultivation Complex... Selected for Korea Forest Service Pilot Project Competition

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Sejong City will establish a Cornus officinalis cultivation complex and a forest education and experience center in Janggun-myeon starting next year.

According to the city on the 22nd, Sejong was recently selected as the final site for the '2021 Forest New Variety Cultivation Complex Pilot Project,' a contest held by the Korea Forest Service targeting local governments nationwide.

The contest project is promoted to establish a foundation for the forest bio-industry using new forest varieties. After on-site evaluations and project plan presentations, the Korea Forest Service decided on Sejong and Haenam, Jeollanam-do as project sites.

According to the contest results, Sejong will create a large-scale Cornus officinalis and Chrysanthemum zawadskii var. latilobum cultivation complex and education and experience center over an area of 6 hectares in the mountainous area of Bongan-ri, Janggun-myeon. The project period is two years starting next year, and the city will receive 2.5 billion KRW in national funding to proceed with facility construction.

In particular, the city expects this project to have a positive impact on revitalizing the local economy by forming a social cooperative centered on local residents, granting the cooperative production, sales, and operational authority, thereby creating local jobs and increasing residents' income.

Cornus officinalis is gaining attention as an edible and medicinal crop that commercializes products such as tea, liquor, jam, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, and health foods using seedlings, fresh fruit, and honey.

A city official said, “We plan to develop the sixth industrialization?from production and sales to manufacturing, processing, experience, and education?using Cornus officinalis, fostering it as a representative brand in the local forestry sector.”

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