Take Your First Step Toward Farming in Busan... Busan Agricultural Technology Center Recruiting Trainees for "Agricultural Dream Team" Program

Recruiting 30 Participants for the First Half of the Year
Comprehensive Return-to-Farming and Rural Settlement Information through Theory and Practical Training

Busan Metropolitan City is launching a comprehensive agricultural education program for citizens interested in returning to farming or relocating to rural areas.

The Busan Agricultural Technology Center announced that it will operate the “2026 Agricultural Dream Team Settlement Support Training, 34th Class for Return-to-Farming and Rural Settlement” for Busan citizens.

This program is designed to systematically equip participants with the fundamental competencies needed for returning to farming and rural settlement, combining theory and practical training. The course will be held 15 times in total at the center, every Wednesday from 1:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., from March 25 to July 1.

The theoretical training focuses on essential topics for prospective farmers, including: understanding return-to-farming and rural settlement policies, agricultural management strategies, basics of facility cultivation, and soil management. Practical training will involve hands-on vegetable garden practice and farm visits to allow participants to experience real agricultural environments. The program is offered twice a year (once in each half), providing ongoing participation opportunities for citizens interested in returning to farming.

Any Busan citizen can apply for the training. Applications can be submitted through the city’s integrated reservation system from 10:00 a.m. on March 11 to 6:00 p.m. on March 13. Trainees will be selected fairly through a random computerized lottery using the Unipicker program after the application period ends, and the final list of selected participants will be individually notified on March 17.

Details on how to apply and the full schedule can be found on the Agricultural Technology Center’s website. For further inquiries, please contact the center’s Human Resources Development Team.

Yu Mibok, Director of the Busan Agricultural Technology Center, stated, “Thorough preparation is more important than anything else when returning to farming or relocating to rural areas,” adding, “We hope that the Agricultural Dream Team Settlement Support Training will serve as a practical preparation process for prospective farmers and lead to their successful settlement in rural communities.”

In the second half of 2025, agricultural dream team settlement support training participants of the 33rd cohort of return-to-farming and rural migration education are cultivating cabbage and radish through practical field garden training.

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