Gwangyang City Receives Excellence Award in Eco-Friendly Technology Agriculture Sector
This Year, Gwangyang City's Agricultural Technology Extension Bears Much Fruit
[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Gwangyang Agricultural Technology Center announced on the 21st that it received this year’s Excellent Institution Award in the ‘Eco-friendly Technology Agriculture Field’ organized by the Jeonnam Agricultural Technology Institute.
The city was highly evaluated for promoting low-cost organic rice cultivation, soil environment improvement using deep soil breaking and biochar, eco-friendly drone pest control pilot projects for maesil (Korean plum), education on the use of agricultural microorganisms, and for completing a microorganism production facility in August that supplied 55 tons of microorganisms to 4,650 farms.
This year, Gwangyang City earned honors by being recognized for achievements in various agricultural fields.
First, it received the Rural Development Administration’s Technology Dissemination Innovation Excellence Award for eco-friendly pest control of maesil peach seed borer, and Park Jong-su, head of the Future Agriculture Team who led the project, received the Jeonnam Top Leader Award.
For contributions to eco-friendly and New Year farmer practical education, Lee Eun-hee, head of the Technology Support Team, received the Rural Development Administration Commissioner’s Award; Ha Jin-ok, head of the Urban Agriculture Team, was selected as an excellent institution in agricultural machinery rental business and received the Rural Development Administration Commissioner’s Award; Park Seung-gi, officer, received the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Award for agricultural machinery industry development; and Hwang Ji-hyung, officer, received the Rural Development Administration Commissioner’s Award for safe agricultural product technology dissemination.
Among farmers, Seo Hyun-pil, president of the Korea Rural Leaders Gwangyang City Federation, received the Prime Minister’s Award in the farmer leader development field; Yeom Gang-ja, vice president of the Korea Life Improvement Gwangyang City Federation, received the Jeollanam-do Governor’s Award as an outstanding member of the Life Improvement Association; Heo Sang-hwan, general manager of the Gwangyang City Young Farmers 4-H Club, received the Excellent Award in the agricultural industry idea category and the Governor’s Award as a model 4-H member; and Moon Eun-ok, a perilla leaf farmer, received the Jeollanam-do Governor’s Award.
Notably, for the first time in Gwangyang City, Lee Pyeong-jae, CEO of Buja Farm, was selected as Korea’s top agricultural technology master.
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Heo Nam-il, head of the Technology Dissemination Division, said, “The many awards in the agricultural technology dissemination sector this year are both a whip and encouragement for the development of Gwangyang agriculture, and we will work even harder for the growth and development of Gwangyang agriculture in 2021.”
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