Governor Kim Tae-heum Presents 'Chungnam Smart Agriculture' Vision at World's Largest Smart Farm Expo

Attended GreenTech Expo in the Netherlands
Signed Agreement to Operate Asia Smart Farm Innovation Center

Governor Kim Tae-heum, currently on a business trip in Europe, unveiled the vision for smart agriculture in Chungnam at the world's largest smart farm expo.

Governor Kim, who embarked on the European trip to strengthen global exchange and cooperation in smart agriculture, attended the GreenTech Expo held on the 12th (local time) at the RAI Convention Center in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

The GreenTech Expo is a global smart farm event focusing on modern facility agriculture and eco-friendly technologies, with over 470 global companies participating to showcase advanced equipment and technologies.

At the expo, Governor Kim introduced the 'Chungnam Global Horticomplex,' which will be the largest and best smart farm complex in South Korea, and urged many global companies to participate.

Alongside this, he signed a memorandum of understanding for operational cooperation of the Global Asia Smart Farm Innovation Center with Yuk Geun-yeol, president of Yeonam University, and Harrison, head of Wageningen Plant Research, agreeing to jointly operate the educational facility of the Chungnam Global Horticomplex, the 'Global Asia Smart Farm Innovation Center.'

Wageningen Plant Research, an affiliated research institute of Wageningen University, will establish a global public-private-academic joint research partnership with Chungnam Province and Yeonam University, and mutually cooperate in developing and operating smart farm education programs in the Netherlands.

Governor Kim said, "Chungnam is taking the lead in transforming the structure and system of agriculture and rural areas in South Korea. In this process, we visited the Netherlands to benchmark advanced agricultural technologies and systems, and I hope this visit will be an opportunity to advance Chungnam's agricultural technology."

He added, "Within the next two years, we are carrying out a project to establish a 2.5 million pyeong (approximately 800 hectares) smart farm in Chungnam and to attract more than 3,000 young farmers to rural areas. These projects require cooperation from Dutch companies, government, and schools," he stated.

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