Gurye-gun Accelerates Efforts to Foster Regional Specialty Products

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[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yuk Mi-seok] Gurye-gun announced on the 22nd that it will promote on-site consulting for the practical application of new technologies for regionally specialized items to revitalize agriculture and rural areas and enhance competitiveness by introducing excellent research technologies to the field in response to future agricultural environment changes caused by climate change and aging rural populations.

The county plans to foster competitive regionally specialized items through field-centered agricultural technology education and dissemination via group and on-site consulting between farmer organizations and experts.

This year, eight items were selected as regionally specialized items, focusing on niche income crops and intensive cultivation items, considering the cultivation status, area, regional characteristics, and agricultural infrastructure environment for each crop.

The consulting will introduce new technologies addressing issues such as abnormal climate, decreased agricultural productivity due to rural aging, changes in agricultural product consumption patterns, and sudden outbreaks of pests and diseases to the farming sites, and will continuously promote practical application through customized education and on-site consulting for each item.

Consultants will be selected from those with consulting experience in the relevant item fields, university professors, master's and doctoral degree holders, and agricultural masters to provide demand-tailored consulting support.

Kim Soon-ho, the governor of Gurye-gun, stated, “Through specialized consulting for each of our county’s items, we hope to provide opportunities to solve problems and difficulties faced by farmers in the field, which will be of practical help to farms depressed by COVID-19.”

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