Do Not Burn Agricultural Byproducts, Shred Them Instead! ... Busan Agricultural Technology Center Offers Free Support

Support for Crushing Agricultural Byproducts for Vulnerable Farmers Starting from the 14th

Operation of the 'Visiting Village Tour Agricultural Byproduct Crushing Support Team'

Busan Agricultural Technology Center will provide free shredding services for agricultural by-products to vulnerable farmers starting from the 14th, ahead of the full-scale spring farming season.

Agricultural byproduct shredding.

This is part of the ‘2024 Agricultural By-product Safe Disposal Support Project’ linked to the fine dust seasonal management system. It aims to prohibit burning of rice paddy ridges, field ridges, and agricultural by-products within farmland, to prevent fine dust and forest fires, and to minimize pest and disease outbreaks.

The center will operate a 'Visiting Village Tour Agricultural By-product Shredding Support Team' to improve work efficiency. Starting with priority areas, the team will visit the farms that applied and support shredding work on-site.

The priority areas for shredding include ▲areas adjacent to forests (within 100m) ▲elderly farmers ▲female farmers ▲small-scale farm farmlands.

The crops to be shredded include ▲red pepper stalks ▲sesame stalks ▲perilla stalks ▲fruit tree prunings, and along with shredding work, education on preventing illegal burning and promotional campaigns will also be conducted.

Farmers who wish to receive shredding support can apply to the center’s Technical Agriculture Team.

Kim Jeong-guk, director of the Busan Agricultural Technology Center, said, “We plan to actively promote the agricultural by-product shredding support project to farmers to prevent illegal burning in farmlands and minimize fine dust emissions, contributing to the creation of a clean rural environment.”

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