SEJONG, Mar. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — In South Korea, more than half of urban residents returning to the countryside for farming went back to their hometown to start a farming business, and recent data shows that in as little as five years, their household income surpassed the average income in the country’s farming industry. The [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Ministry of Justice said on Sunday that it will be providing 2,597 foreign seasonal workers to 41 local authorities across the nation. Foreign seasonal workers, holders of C-4 short-term working visas, will be coming to South Korea to work at designated farms for a maximum duration [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Motherly love turns out to be one of the keys to the successful development of octopus aquaculture. Releasing female octopuses full of eggs into the wide mud flats off the South Korean coast has contributed to huge improvement in octopus aquaculture, according to a report from the Institute [...]
London, Jul. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – Technologically advanced agricultural and construction machinery require training and skill to be operated to their full potential, and the CNH Industrial (NYSE: CNHI /MI: CNHI) Training and Technology Center (CTT) in Sorocaba, São Paulo state, Brazil was conceived exactly with this in mind. It is from this base that the [...]
JEONJU, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Rural Development Agency (RDA) released a statement on September 1 declaring its decision to halt its efforts to foster a market for genetically modified crops (GMC). The Agency came to the decision after carrying out a months-long exchange with regional civic groups that had opposed the RDA’s plans [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The effects of climate change are being felt in the fruit section of the supermarket, where consumers will increasingly come face to face with a 21st Century oddity: homegrown papaya and bananas. Recent research by the Rural Development Agency has revealed that not only will “Grown in South Korea” [...]
HONGSEONG, South Korea, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A severe drought accompanied by unusually high temperatures is taking a toll on South Korean farms, with the adverse conditions pushing local governments and the military to contain a crisis that’s showing very little signs of improvement. In South Chungcheong Province, fire trucks, sprinkler trucks and even [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Data from the Korea Rural Economic Institute has revealed that South Korea had an annual average of 280,000 tons of excess rice supply over the past decade (2007 to 2016), a yearly surplus large enough to feed the 600,000-strong South Korean military for eight years. According to the institute, [...]
CHUNGCHEONG, Apr. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Farm parties, which allow people living in the city to enjoy the experience of farm life and come in contact with nature, are proving popular as an increasing number of farmers eye the idea of transforming their property into a cultural event venue. As self-explanatory as it sounds, the newly [...]
North Chungcheong, SOUTH KOREA, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean grape farms are going out of business as they are having difficulty competing with American and Chilean grape exporters following FTA agreements with both countries. In Yeongdong and Okcheon County in North Chungcheong Province, well-known grape-producing districts, nearly a third of the grape farms [...]