Icheon Selected for Gyeonggi Province's '2026 Regional Strategic Crop Cultivation' Project

[Suwon Ilbo=Eom In-yong] Icheon City Agricultural Technology Center has recently been selected as the final winner for the '2026 Regional Strategic Crop Cultivation' project competition.

This project is a Gyeonggi Province Agricultural Technology Institute competition initiative conducted to respond to climate change and discover and foster income crops utilizing regional resources. Icheon City was selected as the final winner after written evaluation and presentation evaluation among projects proposed by 19 cities and counties in Gyeonggi Province.

Icheon City ranked first with 'Stable Production Base in Habitual Weather Disaster Areas for Fruit Trees (Pear)' under the 'Regional Vitalization Crop Foundation Project,' successfully securing project funds.

Accordingly, a total project budget of 2 billion won (1 billion won from the provincial government and 1 billion won from the city) will be invested to distribute improved hot-air frost prevention fans and multi-purpose sunshade nets to pear crop groups and production organizations in habitual weather disaster areas affected by anomalous weather such as cold and heat, while planning to implement comprehensive technical support including cultivation technology education and customized consulting.