Jangseong-gun Selected for 'Customized Future Strategy Income Crop Development Pilot Contest'

[Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jo Hangyu] Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 10th that its lemon cultivation complex development project was selected in the ‘2023 Customized Future Strategy Income Crop Development Pilot Contest’ hosted by the Jeollanam-do Agricultural Research and Extension Services.

The Jeonnam Agricultural Research Institute conducted the contest since August to discover new income crops utilizing local resources and to enhance added value.

The county achieved the great success of being selected as the final project target through the first document evaluation and the second presentation evaluation.

Securing 480 million KRW including provincial funds, the county plans to develop a cost-saving integrated greenhouse model for lemon cultivation that lowers the entry barrier to lemon farming, and also promotes the introduction of environment-controlled smart farm facilities that reduce labor and produce high-quality lemons.

Efforts will also be accelerated to develop an eco-friendly lemon cultivation manual.

A county official said, “Subtropical crop lemon has high export demand from neighboring countries such as Japan, so high profits are expected,” and added, “We will do our best to establish it as a new income crop of Jangseong.”

Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jo Hangyu baekok@asiae.co.kr

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