South Korea to create 4,300 jobs in smart farm industry
Training courses will be available from next year and will last for 20 months, with plans to create 600 professionals by 2022.
In addition, young farmers who complete the courses will be given government subsidies to open a smart farming business on 30 hectares of land that will be allotted to them, while agricultural loans at lower interest rates will be available for both new and experienced farmers.
Plans to build a smart farm test site are also underway where research projects, exhibitions and tests will take place to help enhance the competitiveness of South Korean smart farms.
Through joint efforts between research institutes and companies, the government is poised to establish South Korea’s own Priva.
Read more at The Korea Bizwire (Ashley Song)
