Icheon City Holds 'First Urban Agriculture Committee of 2025'

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Um In-yong] Icheon City held the 'First Urban Agriculture Committee of 2025' on the 21st at the conference hall of the Agricultural Technology Center.

The Icheon City Urban Agriculture Committee, established in accordance with the 'Ordinance on Activation and Support of Urban Agriculture in Icheon City' to seek activation and development strategies for urban agriculture, is composed of 11 members including the head of the Agricultural Technology Center as chairperson and experts from various fields of urban agriculture.

The meeting proceeded in the following order: △Report on 2024 urban agriculture implementation results and 2025 plans, △Review of project recipient selection in the urban agriculture sector, △General discussion.

Noh Jae-deok, head of the Agricultural Technology Center, said, "We will actively pursue various projects so that urban residents and agriculture and rural areas can develop together," and added, "Through the revitalization of urban agriculture, we will contribute to enhancing the positive value of agriculture and improving citizens' quality of life."