All Uses of Black Soldier Fly and Jandae ... Yeongju-si, Gyeongbuk, Holds This Year's 'Collaboration Research Trial' Evaluation Meeting

Seeking Solutions for Agricultural Field Technical Challenges and Commercialization Strategies for Research Outcomes

Gyeongbuk Yeongju City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Trainee Reporter Lee Seryeong] Yeongju City, Gyeongbuk, completed an online evaluation meeting on the 22nd for collaborative research trials aimed at resolving technical difficulties faced by local farms and disseminating new technologies.

The evaluation meeting, held via video conference, was attended by seven institutions that signed a business agreement, including the National Institute of Forest Science's Forest Medicinal Resources Research Center, the National Forest Healing Center, Sobaeksan National Park Office, Gyeongbuk Livestock Research Institute, Punggi Ginseng Research Institute, Biological Resources Research Institute, Bonghwa Medicinal Crop Research Institute, as well as Yeongju City officials.

The city plans to devise ways to apply the research results to practical work in collaboration with related institutions, activate the evaluation meetings, and accelerate the discovery of new research projects.

This year, a total of 22 projects were carried out, including two collaborative projects with the Gyeongsangbuk-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services, ten cooperative projects with local farms, and ten self-conducted demonstration projects.

Projects included the development of ginseng fermented yogurt products, technology development for producing round yam sprouts (jua) as commercial products, and nine test studies such as increasing the yield of medicinal crops like Jandae using microorganisms.

Among them, in the climate-responsive Hanwoo cattle barn low-temperature fine mist research trial, a smog device capable of fine mist spraying inside the Hanwoo barn during heat waves was installed and operated. It lowered the barn temperature by an average of 3.5 to 4°C, verifying a weight gain effect of 50 kg per head during the 30-month Hanwoo growth period.

The city plans to utilize the results of this test research in next year's livestock farm support projects for wider dissemination.

Based on the results of a research service project on industrialization methods for food waste treatment using black soldier fly larvae, the city aims to foster insect-related industries such as eco-friendly decomposition systems and develop a meal kit ginseng Makgeolli in preparation for the 2022 Yeongju World Punggi Ginseng Expo.

Kang Hee-hoon, Director of the Technical Support Division, said, “We will spare no effort to ensure that research trials aimed at solving farm technical difficulties and cultivating new income crops do not remain mere research but provide practical help to farms.”

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