Jeongeup-si Wins 'Excellence Award' at Food Crop and Safe Agricultural Products Technology Competition

[Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Jaegil] Jeongeup City in Jeonbuk Province has won the Excellence Award at the ‘2021 Food Crops and Safe Agricultural Products Technology Dissemination Activation Best Practices Competition’ hosted by the Rural Development Administration, receiving an institutional commendation from the Rural Development Administration.

According to the city on the 16th, this competition was organized to discover best practices in the dissemination of food crop and safe agricultural product technologies, and to boost morale and pride among related personnel through institutional awards.

Among the excellent cases submitted by agricultural technology centers from 156 cities and counties nationwide, a total of eight institutions’ best practices were finally selected through document screening and presentation evaluation.

The city was highly evaluated for its efforts to solve labor shortages and improve farm management through the dissemination of field crop mechanization increase technology in collaboration with the Jeonbuk Agricultural Research and Extension Services, earning the honor of the final Excellence Award.

In particular, the city presented cases of quality improvement and distribution expansion through the dissemination of washing and sorting technologies for field crops such as sweet potatoes and soybeans, receiving favorable evaluations in terms of project fidelity, effectiveness, and timeliness.

With this best practice selection, the city will receive an institutional commendation and a prize of 700,000 won at the food crop technology dissemination project evaluation meeting hosted by the Rural Development Administration on the 2nd of next month.

A city official said, “Taking this award as an opportunity, we will strive to secure the safety of Jeongeup agricultural products through the expansion of digital technology for crop cultivation management and the operation of an agricultural product safety analysis laboratory starting next year.”

Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Jaegil gjg7070@asiae.co.kr

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