[Green] Strong foundation of agriculture...Four 'agricultural technology masters' selected

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Every year, the Rural Development Administration selects masters who have contributed greatly to agriculture and rural development.

This year, four people were selected after the final screening.

Reporter Choi Myung-shin reports.

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The 4,000-pyeong facility house is full of fresh lily scents.

It is a skill cultivated by Korea's top agricultural technician with 38 years of single flower cultivation.

In order to solve the problem of succession of root plants, we developed a technology to grow flowers in bed-type pots installed about 30cm above the ground and hit the so-called "jackpot."

It also contributed to export expansion by opening the way for private iron production by filing a patent application to control the blooming period.

[Lee Ki-sung / Top agricultural technology master (Flower): I've come all the way here with a lot of benefits. So I think it's my duty to give back the benefits I received to my juniors and society..]

Some masters have reduced feed costs and improved Korean beef grades with self-mixed feed using agri-food by-products.

We are also working hard to cultivate successive farmers, such as livestock technology and agricultural management transfer.

[Han Ki-woong / Chief agricultural technology master (lactate): By making high-quality fermented feed, we are integrating technology to evenly deliver the nutritional value of Korean beef and increase the rate of appearance, lower the unit price of meat, and shorten the duration of meat.]

The Rural Development Administration selected four top agricultural technology names who possess the highest level of agricultural technology and contributed to agricultural development.

[Ahn Jeong-gu / Director of Technology Supply Division, Rural Development Administration: Excellent agricultural technologies are expected to contribute to the development of domestic agriculture as well as young farmers.]

A total of 74 agricultural masters have been selected since 2009.

It is a solid foundation for rural areas suffering from aging and the climate crisis.

I'm YTN's Choi Myung Shin.