Sancheong Agricultural Technology Center Wins Excellence Award at Rural Development Administration Competition

Contribution to the Promotion of Food Crop and Safe Agricultural Product Technology Dissemination

Excellence Award at the Rural Development Administration Food Crops Competition [Image source=Sancheong-gun]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The Agricultural Technology Center of Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 17th that it received the Excellence Award (Rural Development Administration Commissioner Award) at the ‘2021 Food Crops and Safe Agricultural Products Technology Dissemination Activation Best Practices Competition’ conducted by the Rural Development Administration.

This competition was organized to discover best practices in technology dissemination in the fields of food crops and safe agricultural products and to boost the morale of related personnel through institutional awards.

Agricultural technology institutes at the provincial level and city/county agricultural technology centers nationwide participated, and after screening, eight institutions were selected to participate in the competition and gave presentation evaluations. Min Hyung-gyu, Director of Agricultural Promotion Division, presented a farmer satisfaction-oriented guidance project on reducing management costs, focusing on reducing production costs and labor in rice cultivation.

The case received favorable evaluations in terms of project effectiveness, appropriateness, and policy contribution. With the Excellence Award, the Sancheong-gun Agricultural Center will receive an institutional commendation and a prize of 700,000 won at the awards ceremony scheduled for December 2.

Choi Kyung-sul, Director of the Technology Center, said, "We will expand the dissemination of new rice cultivation technologies to reduce production costs and promote stable rice production," and added, "We will take the lead in continuously improving farmers' income."

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