Suwon City Takes Initiative to Train Urban Agriculture Experts

Suwon City is launching a program to train urban agriculture experts. The photo shows an urban agriculture expert conducting agricultural education for visitors at the experiential learning center.

The city of Suwon in Gyeonggi Province is training 20 urban agriculture experts.

The Suwon Agricultural Technology Center announced on the 24th that it will recruit 20 trainees for the "Urban Agriculture Expert Training Course" from the 27th to the 31st of this month.

The main training topics include ▲Understanding urban agriculture, infrastructure development, and techniques ▲Eco-friendly farming and safe agricultural product production ▲Development of urban agriculture programs ▲Urban agriculture-related laws, among others.

The training will be conducted over 22 sessions totaling 88 hours (44 hours theory, 44 hours practice) every Thursday from next month 27th until October 12th at the Suwon Agricultural Technology Center, Tapdong Citizen Farm, and excellent agricultural sites.

Eligibility requirements include holding a national technical certificate related to urban agriculture, completing more than 20 hours of urban agriculture-related education (only education from accredited agricultural institutions is recognized, with 50% credit for online education), graduating from an agricultural school (high school, university, graduate school, etc.), or having more than one year of practical experience in the urban agriculture field.

The center will notify the selection results on the 21st of next month after document screening.

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