Muju-gun Launches Full-Scale Support Project for Cheonma National Innovation Convergence Complex

9 Billion Won Invested to Install Cheonma-Related Facilities and Begin Research

[Muju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Muju County announced on the 9th that it will officially launch the Cheonma research support project for the National Innovation Convergence Complex, a representative specialty crop, starting this month.

The National Innovation Convergence Complex support project was selected last year by the Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy as a National Innovation Convergence Complex support project.

Muju County plans to carry out the project titled "Development of Functional Food Materials and Improvement of Brain Cognitive Function Using Cheonma Complex Prescription" by the end of this month with a project budget of 900 million KRW.

This project involves joint research and development using Cheonma by Muju County Agricultural Technology Center, Muju County Herbal Farming Association Corporation, and Woosuk University Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation.

The Muju County Agricultural Technology Center will start research by establishing an air house research building within the new technology demonstration test field, build a vertical cultivation system for Cheonma, install a complex environment control system, heat treatment, and plasma sterilization system, and plant seed-treated seeds and seedlings for facility cultivation of Cheonma.

If the development of functional research materials for Cheonma, promoted with government support, succeeds, it is expected to present broader utilization methods for processed Cheonma food products, emerging as a new source of income for Cheonma farmers.

Additionally, along with the production of health functional food raw materials using Cheonma, an increase in added value through technology acquisition is also anticipated.

Meanwhile, Cheonma has been classified as a food ingredient usable as a main ingredient in food by the Food and Drug Administration's food ingredient classification since September 1, 2001, and active development as a processed food is underway.

Muju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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