Sangju City Completes Construction of Sabal Nonghyup Smart Agricultural Product Distribution Center

Announcing the Launch as an Advanced Base for Commercializing High-Quality Agricultural Products

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Sangju City, Gyeongbuk Province, announced on the 9th that it held a completion ceremony for the Smart Agricultural Products Production and Distribution Complex Center (APC) with multifunctional agricultural product processing and distribution at Sabal Nonghyup on the 8th, marking the start as an advanced base for high-quality agricultural product commercialization and production.

About 200 people attended the completion ceremony, including Kang Young-seok, Mayor of Sangju City, Kim Chun-an, Head of the Gyeongbuk Headquarters of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, members of the Gyeongbuk Province and Sangju City Council, as well as heads of various Nonghyup branches and institutional organizations.

The construction of the Sabal Nonghyup APC was selected as a project by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in 2019, with a total project cost of 5.2 billion KRW. Construction began in July last year and was completed at the end of May this year.

It was built on a site of 8,587㎡ at 474 Sangpung-ro, Sabal-gukmyeon, with a total floor area of 4,455㎡ including sorting, packaging, shipping facilities, cold storage, and collection centers. In particular, it is equipped with two state-of-the-art smart pear and tomato sorting lines. It can handle 6,800 tons of regionally specialized agricultural products, mainly tomatoes, pears, and grapes.

Through the construction of the APC, farmers can focus solely on producing excellent agricultural products, while Nonghyup takes responsibility for the entire post-harvest process including sorting, packaging, storage, and sales, which is expected to greatly contribute to improving agricultural productivity.

Mayor Kang Young-seok of Sangju City requested Sabal Nonghyup to "make efforts to increase the added value of local agricultural products and consumer satisfaction, and to further enhance the reputation of Sangju as an agriculture-specialized city by linking with the Smart Farm Innovation Valley being established nearby."

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