Gyeongbuk Province Collaborates with Related Agencies to Foster Edible Insect Industry

Agreement Signed Between Jamsa Insect Business, Gyeongbuk Insect Industry Association, and Signal Care

Gyeongbuk Province signed an MOU for insect industry development with the Gyeongbuk Insect Industry Association and Signal Care to support and foster insect distribution.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] On the afternoon of the 22nd, Gyeongbuk Province signed a business agreement with the Gyeongbuk Insect Industry Association and the agricultural corporation Signal Care at the Sangju Jamsa Insect Business Site to promote the development and revitalization of the local insect industry.

This agreement was prepared to divide roles among institutions and foster mutual cooperation for the promotion of the insect distribution support project and related industry development this year.

The Gyeongbuk Insect Industry Association will share breeding know-how with newly entering farms and play roles such as establishing a supply system for raw materials to companies (unifying feed sources, quality control).

Additionally, the agricultural corporation Signal Care plans to purchase raw materials from insect breeding farms when developing and launching food products based on edible insects and transfer food manufacturing technologies to the Gyeongbuk Insect Industry Association.

Signal Care is a company founded last year by young people from Cheongdo, manufacturing pet food using insect protein, selling domestically and exporting to the United States.

The Jamsa Insect Business Site plans to systematically foster the insect industry by building cooperative relationships in production, processing, and distribution based on Gyeongbuk’s advantage of having the second-largest number of insect breeding farms nationwide and the knowledge and expertise of each institution.

Seo Kyunghwa, head of the Jamsa Insect Business Site, said, “To leap forward in the edible insect industry, it is necessary to unify feed sources for joint production by farms and improve consumer awareness. Through this agreement, we will continuously explore ways for insect breeding farms and edible insect processing companies to coexist and prosper.”

The insect industry is broadly divided into pollination, edible insects, natural enemies, learning, and pets. In the case of the edible insect industry, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has selected it as an alternative to solve food shortages and environmental destruction.

Currently, it is being utilized in various industrial fields (medicine, cosmetic raw materials, feed, etc.) both domestically and internationally, attracting attention as a future growth industry.

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