Hwaseong City Aims to Boost Farm Income by 10% with Agricultural Technology Center

The Hwaseong City Agricultural Technology Center is preparing and operating various support programs and educational initiatives to boost farm income in the city by 10%.

Starting with the e-commerce mentoring program on the 21st, programs for high-value farm development support will be conducted on the 24th and 26th of next month.

The e-commerce mentoring program will provide practical field education in diverse areas including e-commerce, marketing strategy, packaging techniques, and agricultural accounting. The high-value farm development support education will offer step-by-step training consisting of basic, advanced, follow-up, and voluntary courses, providing concrete implementation methods for farmers to establish plans for cost reduction, quality improvement, customer expansion, value enhancement, and capacity development.

Kim Mi-hye, 48, a female farmer who completed the e-commerce mentoring program last year and received the Rural Development Administration Award in the '2013 Agricultural Management E-commerce Category' presented by the National Institute of Agricultural Sciences, stated, "The high-value farm education was greatly helpful in establishing and implementing management plans, and the practice-oriented training was particularly valuable as it could be easily applied in the field."

In addition, the Agricultural Technology Center is planning to operate pilot projects including management improvement support and farm tour operation assistance. The center plans to prepare various support measures to ensure consistent growth in farm income through both fostering new high-value farms and continuous management of existing high-value farms.