SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – What would you do with huge piles of dead leaves along the streets? A slew of agricultural technology management authorities turn these useless fallen leaves into useful ones by using them to make compost. Seowon District in Cheongju City offers a service to this end in which the city [...]
Latest Installment Features a Young Leader in Animal Welfare SMITHFIELD, Va., Nov. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — At 30 years old, Ashley DeDecker, PhD., already has received accolades for her efforts to improve animal care and welfare in the pork industry. Her work, representing one of Smithfield Foods’ key sustainability commitments, is featured in the latest [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Global warming and climate change have not just resulted in the world-wide rush to develop alternative energy or eco-friendly vehicles. The seemingly inescapable phenomenon has impacted on a huge chunk of arable lands across the globe. Climate change can affect both crop yield and the land area suitable for [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Domestic roses cultivated with South Korea’s own technology are to be exported to an overseas market for the first time. South Gyeongsang Province signed an agreement with Indobloom, a farming company in India, on October 14 to export domestic roses to the South Asian nation. According to the agreement, the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The government has decided to intervene in South Korea’s rice market as it announced it would purchase up to 180,000 tons of rice to ensure a stable national supply, its first move since 2010. Growing worries that a bumper crop of rice and a decline in rice consumption may [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The volume of lobsters exported to South Korea has skyrocketed thanks to the South Korea-U.S. Free Trade Agreement. According to the United States Department of Commerce on October 4, lobster sales to Korea accounted for US$18.1 million or about 19.3 billion won last year, up by 639.5 percent compared with [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A proposed free trade agreement between the Republic of Korea and Canada has received a green light from South Korea’s Cabinet council on September 11, making the parties draw one step closer to the full-fledged trade exchange with less or no tariffs between the two countries. Korea’s Cabinet on [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – A highly concentrated red tide killed more than 1.2 million fish during the Chuseok holidays in coastal waters off South Gyeongsang Province. From September 2 when an red tide alert was issued until now, fish farms including Namhae-gun, Goseong-gun and gulfs of Tongyeong lost approximately 1.2 million red sea-bream and rockfish, making [...]
![[Quote] Minister Shea Promotes Canadian Seafood Products in the Republic of Korea](http://koreabizwire.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/The-Honourable-Gail-Shea-Minister-of-Fisheries-and-Oceans-Canada-800x521.jpg "[Quote] Minister Shea Promotes Canadian Seafood Products in the Republic of Korea")
“I was proud to meet with stakeholders in South Korea to promote our world-class aquaculture and seafood products. Since 2006, it has been a priority for our Government to open new markets for Canadian products. By eliminating high tariffs on fish and seafood products, our free trade agreement with the Republic of Korea will significantly [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Rural Development Administration (RDA) is stepping up efforts to develop and commercialize highly efficient animal farms that meet the criteria to accredit animal welfare livestock farms. An animal welfare livestock farm is the system to certify a livestock farm that raises livestock according to the high-level animal protection and [...]