Icheon City Smart Agriculture Center Recruiting Tenants for 'Management Practice Smart Farm'

Icheon City in Gyeonggi Province is accepting applications for tenants of the 'Management Practice Smart Farm' at the Smart Agriculture Center until July 25, in order to support young farmers in establishing their agricultural businesses.

Inside the 'Management Practice Smart Farm' at Icheon Smart Agriculture Center. Provided by Icheon City

This leasing program aims to reduce the risk of startup failure by offering young farmers with limited farming experience the opportunity to directly operate actual facilities and acquire cultivation skills.

The 'Management Practice Smart Farm' is a steel-frame greenhouse covering 780 square meters, featuring a three-span structure with a height of 4.5 meters. The facility is equipped with advanced technologies such as double-door roof windows, triple-layer screens, vertically movable cultivation systems, electric heaters, nutrient solution systems, misting equipment, carbon dioxide supply devices, smart pest and disease management, and an integrated environmental control system.

Eligible applicants are young farmers residing in Icheon City who are either planning to start independent management or have been independently managing for three years or less. The city will select one final tenant through a screening process. The selected tenant will be given the opportunity to practice strawberry cultivation for two years at an affordable rental fee.

Interested individuals can fill out the application form posted on the Icheon City Hall website and submit it either in person or via email. For more details, inquiries can be made to the Eco-friendly Horticulture Team at the Icheon Agricultural Technology Center.

Jung Hyunsook, Director of Technology Dissemination at the Icheon Agricultural Technology Center, said, "We will continue to actively expand a variety of smart agriculture education and support programs for young farmers in the future."

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