Pocheon-si Agricultural Technology Center Conducts Staff Training to Respond to Changes in Agricultural Environment

Pocheon City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Baek Young-hyun) announced on the 6th that it operated the ‘Practical Education for Agricultural Instructors’ and ‘Field Competency Enhancement Training for Agricultural Counseling Center Staff’ to strengthen expertise in the agricultural field.

Pocheon City is operating the 'Practical Training for Agricultural Field Instructors' and 'On-site Capacity Building Training for Agricultural Counseling Centers' to enhance expertise in the agricultural field. Provided by Pocheon City

This training was planned to enhance the field-oriented practical skills of employees and to provide more professional and practical assistance to farmers.

The ‘Practical Education for Agricultural Instructors’ is a training program designed to cultivate professional instructors who can guide farmers based on practical knowledge needed in the agricultural field, and it was conducted five times from November 4 to December 5.

Experts from various fields were invited to deepen practical knowledge such as lecture techniques, crop nutrition management, pesticide usage, trends in crop pest and disease occurrence due to climate change, and control methods.

The ‘Field Competency Enhancement Training for Agricultural Counseling Center Staff’ was planned to strengthen the practical skills of agricultural counseling center employees and to improve their professional counseling capabilities.

Yang Seong-i, head of the Northern Farming Team, and Gumi-yeon, head of the Gwanin-myeon Agricultural Counseling Center, served as instructors for the training, providing theoretical education on plant nutrition and the use of soil and fertilizers, as well as practical training with soil field diagnostic equipment. The focus was on improving practical skills and helping provide better counseling services to farmers.

Jung Young-won, director of the Pocheon Agricultural Technology Center, said, “Through this training, we aimed to provide employees with opportunities to grow into experts equipped with problem-solving skills in the agricultural field and to establish a foundation to offer practical help to farmers. We will continue to support various training programs that enhance employees’ capabilities so they can contribute to the development of local agriculture.”