Bonghwa County in South Korea's North Gyeongsang Province has officially begun promoting the spread of smart agriculture, focusing on young farmers. Young farmers residing in the rental smart farm complex have started planting tomatoes for the first time, signaling the beginning of an "agricultural transformation" on-site.
On January 20, Bonghwa County announced that young farmers who have moved into the rental smart farm complex in Changpyeong-ri, Bongseong-myeon, have begun full-scale farming, starting with planting tomatoes.
According to Bonghwa County, at the formal tomato planting event held on the 18th, Park Hyunguk, County Governor of Bonghwa, officials from the Agricultural Technology Center, resident young farmers, and their families attended. For the first time, 26,000 seedlings of the Western tomato variety "Dafnis" were planted in Building B of the rental smart farm.
This project focuses on providing a stable foundation for young farmers who wish to start a business in smart agriculture. The program targets those who have completed the Bonghwa County rental smart farm start-up training and the Gyeongbuk Smart Farm Youth Start-up Incubation Center training. It offers the opportunity to lease two state-of-the-art greenhouses (3.6 hectares) for three years to support their smart agriculture ventures.
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