Received Excellent Evaluation for Soil Environment and Reduction in Chemical Fertilizer Usage

Geochang-gun Selected as an Excellent Institution in the 2020 Eco-friendly Agricultural Materials Project Evaluation (Photo by Geochang-gun)

Geochang-gun Selected as an Excellent Institution in the 2020 Eco-friendly Agricultural Materials Project Evaluation (Photo by Geochang-gun)

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam Province announced on the 8th that it received the Excellence Award in the '2020 Eco-friendly Agricultural Materials Project Evaluation' hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.


The eco-friendly agricultural materials project evaluation assesses soil environment suitability, usage amount of organic fertilizers and reduction amount of chemical fertilizers, soil testing performance, joint application of soil conditioners, and local government project promotion efforts. It is significant that only 8 local governments out of 157 cities and counties nationwide were selected.


The county supplied and applied 28,141 tons of organic fertilizers and soil conditioners, analyzed 4,000 soil samples from farmland within the jurisdiction, promoted 350 hectares of the 3-No Agriculture Practice Project, and actively worked to preserve the soil environment through various projects such as promoting livestock-crop circular agriculture in connection with local compost production companies.



Gu In-mo, the governor of Geochang-gun, said, "This is the result of our county farmers' efforts to practice eco-friendly agriculture. We will continue to strive to advance eco-friendly agriculture in our county to the next level and increase farm income through the activation of the 3-No Agriculture Practice Project and low-carbon agriculture practices."


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