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The Great Agricultural Transition of Gyeongsangbuk-do
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The Great Agricultural Transition of Gyeongsangbuk-do
- Cutting-edge agriculture! Relaxing countryside communities! -
With Gyeongsangbuk-do ushering in a new era with its 8th democratically elected administration, the next step forward appears to be what it calls the “great agricultural transition.” In June last year, Gyeongsangbuk-do declared a new vision for its agricultural policy - “Cutting-edge agriculture! Relaxing countryside communities!” - and formed the new Agricultural Transition Promotion Committee to kick-start this great agricultural transition. Let’s learn more about the great agricultural transition of Gyeongsangbuk-do, which could set the direction for Korea’s agricultural industry and serve as the last line of defense in terms of the nation’s food security.
▶ Building agriculture for the next 100 years
Just as smartphones are changing the world, technologies emerging as part of Industry 4.0 such as artificial intelligence and big data are sweeping across all industries. Meanwhile, Korea is slowly but surely learning the fact that it is no longer safe from food crises that appear to be hitting other parts of the world. Its rural communities are starting to collapse with farming households growing too old, and the effects of climate change, epidemics, etc. are causing some serious problems. In response, Gyeongsang-do is pushing to modernize its agricultural production processes and transform rural areas into places where people can relax and recuperate by building sustainable and competitive farming communities with AI, big data, and ICT.
▶ Agriculture in Gyeongsangbuk-do driving innovation in agriculture across the country
Gyeongsangbuk-do has established a cutting-edge cooperative farming model that features what it calls digital agriculture innovation towns, smart agriculture clusters, and programs to develop young farmers in an attempt to bring in younger generations and help them settle into agricultural communities. Meanwhile, another policy is focused on transforming rural areas into countryside destinations with welfare farming, collaborative farming, and corporate-affiliated healing work programs, and a nature dream park for the Yeongnam region where people can relax and recuperate. For food security, Gyeongsangbuk-do is creating agricultural complexes specializing in food crops and is promoting direct eco-friendly production. As for clean livestock farming, the Provincial Government has prepared policies to convert livestock manure into solid fuel, develop bio charcoal using livestock manure, and provide support for energy-converting facilities.
▶ Gyeongsangbuk-do establishes the Agricultural Transition Promotion Committee
Gyeongsangbuk-do launched the Gyeongsangbuk-do Agricultural Transition Promotion Committee (hereinafter referred to as the Promotion Committee) on August 17, which is an “idea bank” to advise on policies and know-how related to agriculture and new technologies in line with the Province’s push to usher in a new era in agriculture. The Promotion Committee features 72 private sector, industry, and academic experts across 16 different fields, including agricultural policy, smart agriculture, ICT/metaverse, and business management. Former Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, the Chairperson of Harim Group, and Professor Emeritus at Kyungpook National University have been appointed as co-Chairs of the Committee.
Meanwhile, Gyeongsangbuk-do declared a new vision for its agricultural policy “Cutting-edge agriculture! Relaxing countryside communities!” in June last year.
▶ Governor’s office focused on researching for the great agricultural transition
Governor Lee Cheol-woo appears to have set his eyes on developing specific ideas for Gyeongsangbuk-do’s great agricultural transition. Governor Lee split his day on August 5 to host a luncheon meeting and explained the need for a major transformation of agriculture in Gyeongsangbuk-do with experts in the field of high-tech agriculture and food security, and collected feedback that could help the transition.
The meeting was attended by a Professor Emeritus at Kyungpook National University who is an expert in agricultural policy, another professor at Kyungpook National University who is an authority in intelligent agriculture, a professor from Woosong University who specializes in the industrialization of livestock manure material, the representative of agricultural corporation Saebom who runs a smart farm, and the Chairperson of the Korea Rice Pro-Farmer Federation’s Gyeongsangbuk-do chapter who is an expert in co-farming to share their expertise in each particular field.
