S. Korea to kickstart carbon-free agri project

South Korea’s Rural Development Administration will launch a pilot project to promote agricultural technology for low-carbon crop growing in ten places around the country this year.

The pilot project, part of the government's 2050 National Carbon Neutrality Scenario revealed last October, will take place in cultivation complexes, cooperative units, research groups, and agricultural companies where the administration can put carbon reduction technology into practice.

The rice fields will be planted with a variety of technologies, including irrigation management, biochar, and the production of farm crops.