Sancheong-gun Promotes Pilot Project for Improving Growth Environment and Producing High-Quality Fruits

Establishing a Production Base for Shipping High-Quality Fruits from Facility Houses

Facility house.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The Agricultural Technology Center of Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam, is promoting a pilot project to improve the growing environment and produce high-quality fruit by enhancing the thermal efficiency of greenhouse facilities.

According to the county agricultural center on the 29th, this "Pilot Project for Improving the Growing Environment of Facility Fruit Trees Using Thermal Efficiency Technology" was carried out with national funding support.

The project established a production base for the safe cultivation and shipment of high-quality fruit for mandarin orange growers (such as Cheonhyehyang and Redhyang) in greenhouses.

Inside the facility, a wind-direction variable air circulation fan, heat recovery ventilation system, and an ICT-based automatic control system for labor-saving operation were applied.

The thermal efficiency technology was developed to prevent harvest delays and productivity decline caused by recent abnormal high temperatures in spring and summer, and to respond to frost damage and physiological disorders caused by sudden cooling and cold waves during flowering and harvest periods.

In particular, the core was to operate circulation fans during high-temperature periods to adjust the temperature inside the facility to around 5℃, ensuring cultivation safety.

It is expected that this system construction will help prevent sunburn damage.

Additionally, during the summer when agricultural tasks such as fruit thinning, fruit hanging, pruning, and pest control are concentrated, it is also expected to help increase work efficiency and protect farmers' health.

The pilot project target farm is a Cheonhyehyang cultivation farm in Gwanjeong-ri, Danseong-myeon.

Farm representative Kim O-tae explained, "This pilot project has enabled us to effectively respond to abnormal weather conditions such as cold waves and heat waves during the growing season," adding, "It has provided an opportunity to ship high-quality fruit by improving the heat exchange environment in the orchard during low and high temperature periods."

A representative of the Sancheong-gun Agricultural Technology Center said, "We will strengthen on-site technical support so that farmers struggling with abnormal weather can focus on farming," and added, "We will continue to expand and discover projects related to abnormal weather response during the growing season to help increase the income of fruit tree cultivation farms."

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