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 [...]
NONSAN, South Korea, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Two strawberry farms in Nonsan, South Chungcheong Province, have been harvesting giant strawberries dubbed “King’s Berries”. The farmers started cultivating the fruit in September after completing a pilot project in 2015. The large berries weigh about 30 grams each, and are twice as large as typical strawberries, [...]
BUSAN, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – A biofloc developed by the National Fisheries Research & Development Institute has proven effective not only for aquafarming but also in the cultivation of vegetables. Biofloc are particles including organisms like bacteria, fungi, algae, and zooplankton, which purify the waste products resulting from aquafarming and convert them into protein [...]
NAIROBI, Dec. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean official has pledged to continue to help Kenyans boost agricultural output as hundreds of Kenyans expressed gratitude to Seoul for providing advanced agricultural technology. Chung Hwang-keun, head of the Rural Development Administration in South Korea, made the commitment on Tuesday in a meeting with Kenyan officials [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Drones will be playing a more active role next year in Korea’s agriculture industry. The National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service (NAQS) announced Monday that it would deploy drones starting in 2017 to efficiently observe crops and farmland, in line with recent study results showing that using drone imagery [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean firefighters may soon start using drones in their search and rescue missions, while remote controlled drones may also help save lives by airlifting much needed medicine and other emergency supplies to people in areas often stranded by seasonal floods or heavy snowfall, the government said Thursday. One [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Wednesday that it will dispose of up to 240,000 tons of rice in government stockpiles, a move partly aimed at keeping prices up. The amount compares with 100,000 tons disposed at the start of this year. The rice to be disposed was produced in [...]
DAEJEON, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – According to the Korea Intellectual Property Office, a total of 340 patent applications related to agricultural technology that improves a crop’s resistibility to environmental stress have been submitted since 2005. Since 2010, at least 30 patents were filed each year, 87 percent of which were by domestic applicants. KIPO [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) revealed Monday that Korea Western Power Co. (KWP), one of the six major power producers in Korea, will collaborate with a tomato farm in Hongseong County (Octo & Jain) and a Nonsan strawberry farm (Nakwon Farm) to reduce greenhouse emissions. [...]
GOESAN, South Korea, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) – These are not crop circles. They are rice paddy artworks created by planting various colors of rice plants. The project first took off in 2008, and was spearheaded by local governments in North Chungcheong Province to promote the region and its produce. The Chungju Agriculture Technology Center [...]