Jeonbuk Province and Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Hold On-site Meeting with Green Bio Companies

Sharing Win-Win Cases and Challenges

Jeonbuk Province, together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, held the 'Jeonbuk Green Bio Enterprise On-site Meeting' on the 31st at the provincial government office's main conference room.

This meeting was jointly organized by the province and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs. It featured an introduction to the Ministry's 'Green Bio Industry Promotion Strategy' announced earlier this year, as well as communication between regional green bio hub research institutions and companies.

On the 31st, Jeonbuk Province held the 'Jeonbuk Green Bio Company On-site Meeting' in the main conference room of the provincial government office together with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.
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The event was attended by about 50 stakeholders from related organizations such as the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, Jeonbuk Province, Korea Rural Economic Institute, and companies in the green bio sector including Gonong Seed Co., Ltd., Microzyme, and Unique Biotech.

Following the introduction of the Ministry's 'Green Bio Industry Promotion Strategy,' the meeting listened to difficulties faced by companies in the seed, food, microorganism, and veterinary pharmaceutical sectors. Opinions were presented on cases of coexistence between companies and farms, as well as regulatory improvement measures to foster the growth of the green bio industry.

At the meeting, companies conveyed diverse voices from the field by sector. Seed companies requested extensions of usage permission periods when leasing national and public property, while microorganism companies proposed revisions to standards and specifications for microbial feed and recognition of new microorganisms as food ingredients to the government.

In the veterinary pharmaceutical sector, there was a request to expand the scope of laboratory animals, and food companies demanded a reduction in the processing period for functional ingredient recognition and simplification of human application test data.

Kim Gi-yeon, head of the Green Bio Industry Team at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, stated, "Although we are promoting strengthened connections through the Green Bio Industry Development Council, direct communication with companies on-site allowed us to confirm a wide range of issues."

Baek Seung-ha, director of the Agricultural Life Food Division at Jeonbuk Province, said, "As Jeonbuk has led the green bio industry, we will work together with related institutions and companies to strive for the development of the green bio industry not only in Jeonbuk but nationwide."

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