South Korea Fruits insights

[Korea Agricultural and Fishery Newspaper, Reporter Kim Young-min] Syngenta Korea has recruited a '100-person Incipeo Experience Group' consisting of agricultural workers in Jeju, a major mandarin orange greenhouse production region, and has begun full-scale activities. Incipeo, a product launched by Syngenta Korea in 2023, ranked first in customer satisfaction for pest control agents in a survey of 200 domestic apple farmers in its first year of release. Based on this evaluation, full-scale sales have been underway for Jeju mandarin oranges since this year. In fact, two out of three greenhouse mandarin orange farmers in Jeju identified mites as the most difficult pest to control. Typically, when 2-3 mites occur per leaf, registration of pesticides

On the 13th, Cheongsong County jointly signed a technology transfer agreement for 'Green Apple Salt' with Gyeonguk University and the agricultural cooperative corporation Korea Mack Gureum. According to Cheongsong County, this agreement was promoted with the aim of strengthening the competitiveness of local agricultural processing industries, as part of developing high-value-added processed products utilizing apples, the region's representative specialty. Previously, the Cheongsong County Agricultural Technology Center commissioned a research project to Gyeonguk University in 2024, successfully developing 'Green Apple Salt' and 'Green Apple Vinegar Granules', with the technology reportedly patent-applied under Cheongsong County as the primary institution.

[Korea Agricultural and Fishery News, Reporter Lee Hyun-woo] Language and cultural education is drawing attention for foreign seasonal workers who have come to Korea to help with labor shortages in rural areas. Korea Rural Community Corporation announced on the 13th that it held a 'Public-type Seasonal Worker Korean Language and Cultural Education' for approximately 40 Filipino foreign seasonal workers at the conference room of Naju Pear Horticultural Cooperative. The education was conducted for Filipino foreign seasonal workers who entered the country in May under the Naju Pear Horticultural Cooperative and was carried out in cooperation with Dongshin University's International Korean Language Department, providing customized education including basic conversation, farm safety guidelines, and practical work-related terminology.