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[2.5.1.] Access to food security knowledge 2023

[2.5.1.] Access to food security knowledge

Provide access on food security and sustainable agriculture and aquaculture knowledge, skills or technology

to lacal farmers and food producers.

1. Pusan National Unviersity's(PNU) Agricultural Science Education Center runs the Advanced Agricultural Management

Program and Digital Farm Expert Program for local farmers to strengthen agricultural competitiveness in the digital

information age and increase farm income.

- The Advanced Agricultural Management Program includes lectures on farming innovations and management,

along with hands-on training that produces 25 CEOs in agriculture each year.

- The Digital Farm Expert Program educates vegetable, fruit, and flower producers on the latest digital farming technologies,

incorporating Intelligent Crop Research (ICR) into both theoretical and practical training.

This program graduates 35 experts annually.

2. The Department of Horticultural Bioscience also provides tailored courses for vocational school graduates,

with evening and weekend classes that provide opportunities for higher education and promote continuous learning.

In 2023, 20 professionals completed this training.

3. The Innovation Center for Engineering Education annually conducts international convergence projects

where professors and students from various countries and disciplines solve problems using ABCD (AI, Blockchain, Cloud, Data)

technology. In 2023, nine universities collaborated on a project at SEIN Farm in Indonesia, focusing on automating

IoT-based aquaculture technology and creating prototypes to develop test beds for local companies.