JEONJU, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Rural Development Administration (RDA) is accelerating efforts to develop smart agriculture technologies aimed at automating farming practices. On December 3, the RDA showcased its innovations during a demonstration event in Hamyang County, Gyeongnam Province, attended by over 100 local farmers and industry participants. The initiative focuses on [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea said Tuesday it plans to lift a set of regulations in the agricultural sector to harness more state-of-the-art technologies and foster new growth engines for the industry. Under the blueprint, South Korea will establish new smart farming clusters for a wider scope of areas covering livestock, according [...]
NAJU, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — A new industrial complex for agriculture production systems will be established in Naju, South Jeolla Province, to prepare for a new generation of smart farming technologies. The Korea Rural Community Corp. (KRCC) signed a memorandum of understanding with Jeonnam Agricultural Research and Extension Services and Chonnam National University (CNU) [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea said Monday it will launch a set of programs next year to nurture its smart farming industry with an aim to become one of the world’s major exporters in the sector. Under the vision, South Korea’s annual exports of smart farm solutions will hit US$300 million in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to allocate a whopping 248 billion won (US$203 million) for next year to nurture the country’s smart farming industry, Seoul’s agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The budget, which must be approved by parliament later this year, marks a more than 50-percent surge from 162 billion won earmarked [...]
HWASEONG/GOYANG, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Lim Ju-wan, who has been raising flowers for more than 30 years, normally starts the day by taking out his smartphone to check his greenhouse instead of going outside to his land like traditional farmers. “I do not need to physically go to the greenhouses by myself as I [...]