Osan City Wins Over Challenging Agricultural Environment Through New Farming Technologies

Osan City in Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Kwak Sang-wook) announced that it held 'New Year Practical Agricultural Education' on January 23rd and 24th in the City Hall Conference Room and Mulhyanggi Room, targeting farmers with sessions on agricultural policy briefings, high-quality agricultural product production technology, and new agriculture for eating, viewing, and enjoying.

This educational program was designed with the aim of cultivating farmers' confidence and developing their problem-solving capabilities through establishing new year farming plans, promoting agricultural policies, and providing FTA response technology education.

On the first day of education, January 23rd, approximately 200 grain crop farmers gathered in the City Hall Conference Room where Park Hong-jae, an extension officer from the Rural Development Administration, was invited as a lecturer to conduct education on 'new farming technologies and high-quality rice (eco-friendly) production technology,' followed by a briefing from the city's agriculture and livestock department on this year's agricultural policies.

On the second day of education, January 24th, approximately 50 lifestyle technology farmers attended a lecture in the City Hall Mulhyanggi Room by invited lecturer Hong Min-kyung on the theme of 'Urban agriculture for eating, viewing, and enjoying.'

Mayor Kwak Sang-wook of Osan City, who attended the education, stated in his remarks, "Our recent agricultural environment faces difficulties due to expanding market liberalization demands and declining farm population," and urged, "To preserve agriculture, which is a vital industry, we ask that all farmers make continuous efforts to adopt new technologies and pioneer new approaches."