Gyeongbuk Sangju City Holds Executive Meeting at ... ‘Smart Farm Innovation Valley’ “We Will Take Responsibility for Future Food”

On the 17th, Sangju City in Gyeongbuk held an executive meeting during a visit to the Smart Farm Innovation Valley project site.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Sangju City in Gyeongbuk attracted attention by holding an executive meeting not at the city hall but at the Smart Farm Innovation Valley project site.

On the 17th, about 70 people including department heads of Sangju City and heads of eup, myeon, and dong gathered at the expanded on-site executive meeting to discuss major issues.

The Smart Farm Innovation Valley, one of the government's eight leading innovative growth projects, was implemented in August 2018 as a public contest project by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Gyeongbuk Sangju, Gyeongnam Miryang, Jeonbuk Gimje, and Jeonnam Goheung were selected, and in September, key facilities such as the Youth Startup Incubation Center, rental-type smart farms, demonstration complexes, and support centers were established at each hub.

Smart farms are an agricultural method that integrates information and communication technology into vinyl greenhouses, glass greenhouses, and livestock barns to maintain and manage the growth environment of crops and livestock.

It is regarded as a technology that will lead the future food industry in response to climate change and the aging agricultural population.

The Smart Agriculture Promotion Team reported on the major progress of the Innovation Valley and introduced key facilities that are about to begin full-scale operation.

Mayor Kang Young-seok said, “I hope that young farmers will move in to revitalize rural areas and that our city will stand tall as the center of future agriculture.”

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