▲ Invitation of a smart farm expert from the Netherlands (Source = Chungcheongnam-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services)

The Chungcheongnam-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services invited a foreign expert for 3 days from October 10th to 12th to host advanced technology education on strawberry smart farms for 250 strawberry cultivators, all of whom showed positive feedback afterwards.   
 

The overseas expert invited is Arno Bayer, a director of the Netherlands Greenhouse Strawberry and a professional smart farm consultant, and interpretation was performed by Lim Chae-shin, a professional interpreter working at ATEC and a doctor of agriculture.

On the 10th and 11th, theory education was conducted in Hongseong and Nonsan in the morning and field consulting was performed at farms in the afternoon while, on the 12th, a class took place at the Agricultural Research & Extension Services based on the field consulting results.  
 

Promoted for early introduction and establishment of the new technology of the smart farm, which continues to be spread in response to the fourth industrial revolution, this education not only taught about the current status of strawberry cultivation in Netherlands, nutrient-water management after planting for production of high-quality greenhouse strawberries and increases in amount, facility environment control, physiological disorder countermeasures, etc. but also resolved difficulties faced by farmers in the field by delivering questions they had to the lecturer in advance through a preliminary technical demands survey.

This past May, Sawanobori Yoshiyuki, one of the highest authorities in grape cultivation in Japan and a former vice president of the agricultural technology center of Yamanashi Prefecture, was invited to host field consulting education in Cheonan, Boryeong and Nonsan, which generated positive feedback.

Han Ik-su, manager of the Department of Competency Development of the Chungcheongnam-do Agricultural Research & Extension Services stated, “We planned technical training by inviting an expert from overseas in order for Chungnam agriculture to lead the country through swift introduction and implementation of advanced technology” and also said that next year, they will continue to strive for the development of various curriculums and applications of advanced technology of the smart farm for its propagation.