Korea-Qatar Accelerate Smart Farm Cooperation... Establishment of Technology Complex and Cultivation Demonstration 추진

Revision of Cooperation MOU After 4 Years
Promotion of Cooperative Projects and Establishment of Joint Working Committee

The governments of Korea and Qatar have decided to accelerate cooperation in smart farming by concretizing collaborative projects such as the establishment of a smart agriculture technology complex and cultivation demonstration.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on the 25th that during the Korea-Qatar summit held in Doha, Qatar, the two countries revised the "Smart Farm Cooperation Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)" with the Qatar Autonomous Administration to include these details.

Korea and Qatar signed a smart farm cooperation MOU in 2019 following the visit of the Qatari King to Korea, but concrete cooperation did not progress due to circumstances such as COVID-19. Accordingly, both countries reached a consensus on the need to revise the MOU to make it more specific in order to strengthen practical cooperation, and revised the MOU to include detailed cooperation areas during this summit.

The revised MOU includes specific provisions to enable substantial cooperation, such as promoting collaborative projects including the establishment of a smart agriculture technology complex and cultivation demonstration, in addition to the existing research and development-centered cooperation. Furthermore, the two countries agreed to establish a joint working-level committee at the director-general level to implement the MOU, which is expected to accelerate intergovernmental cooperation in the future.

Qatar, among Middle Eastern countries, is highly interested in food security and is focusing on smart agriculture as a way to overcome the desert climate and increase the self-sufficiency rate of food such as vegetables. Strengthened government cooperation through this MOU revision is expected to have a positive impact on expanding exports of Korean smart farm companies wishing to enter the Qatari market.

Jung Hwang-geun, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, said, "With the revision of the smart farm cooperation MOU with Qatar, closer exchanges between the two countries have become possible," and added, "We hope to hold the working-level joint committee within this year to speed up smart agriculture cooperation between the two countries."

Smart Farm (Reference Photo)

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