Subcommittee on Agriculture

Coordinator

• Jeollanam-do Province, South Korea

Background and Purpose

• From September 2008, Jeollanam-do Province proposed the necessity of a joint study for the stable production and supply of agricultural products in Northeast Asia and information exchange in the area of agriculture, citing the influence of climate change, including global warming. Against this backdrop, the Subcommittee on Agriculture was established and resolved at the 8th Working Committee Meeting. After its first meeting in 2013, the second subcommittee meeting was held in 2015.
  It aims to seek joint solutions related to the stable production of agricultural products - advanced agricultural administration policies, technology exchange in agriculture, joint cooperative businesses - between member regional governments via the Subcommittee on Agriculture as climate change takes place.

Major Activities

• Presentations on the agenda
• Presentations on the practices by each member region
  Exchange of information in agriculture, such as best practices and policies, and technology, such as state-of-the-art technology.
  A joint study of businesses in agriculture (Promote consultation on projects with a ripple effect on each member)
  Technology of producing eco-friendly agricultural products, selection of promising export items to regions other than NEAR, joint development, etc.
• Inspect the industries in the province and the field location (Watching the International Agriculture Fair, etc.)