The 2nd Sub-Committee on Agriculture was held on October 20~23, 2015 at Youngam County, Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea, themed ‘Action plan of sustainable eco-friendly agriculture.” The 2nd Sub-Committee was participated by more than 60 people from 17 regions from five countries.
A keynote speech titled ‘Research on Korean organic farming and technology system’ by Kim Seok-cheol, Director of National Institute of Agriculture Sciences was followed by presentation on high income life and agriculture promotion plan by Director of Jeollanam-do Province’s Agricultural Policy Division. After the speech, each member region gave a presentation on eco-friendly agriculture action plan and case studies.
In particular, Mongolian member regions had higher interest in agriculture and tried to show efforts to benchmark best cases. On the next day, participants visited “International Agricultural Exhibition” and looked around exhibit halls related to Korean agricultural technologies.