Director of Agricultural Technology Institute, Fully Committed to Preventing Spread Including On-Site Inspection of Fruit Fire Blight

Recommendation for Administrative Order to Block the Inflow of Fire Blight in Major Apple and Pear Orchards in Gyeongnam Province

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Saeyan] On the 15th, Jeong Jaemin, Director of the Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, visited the farming site in Geochang-gun to inspect apple orchards and urged compliance with the prevention guidelines for fire blight disease.

The Agricultural Research and Extension Services proactively established standard operating procedures to respond to fire blight disease.

They delivered a recommendation for the implementation of the 'Administrative Order to Block the Inflow of Fire Blight Disease into the Province' to cities and counties to ensure farmers comply with prevention guidelines and to establish a surveillance and control system.

Following the administrative order recommendation from the provincial Agricultural Research and Extension Services, 18 cities and counties within the province will independently enforce the administrative order considering the spread situation of fire blight disease.

The administrative order implementation recommendation delivered by the provincial Agricultural Research and Extension Services includes seven items: mandatory completion of education for fruit farm workers, operation of a movement and work history system for workers, mandatory disinfection of labor personnel, equipment, and tools, among others.

The prevention guidelines for farms include restricting orchard access to external persons other than the farm owner, prohibiting visits to other orchards, thorough disinfection of workers, agricultural machinery, and farming tools, banning the inflow of plant residues produced in affected areas into the province, restricting the purchase of seedlings from affected areas, prohibiting planting of seedlings of unknown origin, and recording and managing purchase details such as source, purchase date, and variety when buying seedlings.

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