2022 Smart Farm Youth Startup Incubation Center, recruiting trainees.
* Application period 2022. 4. 28. (Thu) ~ 5. 31. (Tue)

◆ What is Smart Farm?
– Definition: A farm that can properly maintain and manage the growing environment of crops and livestock remotely and automatically by applying ICT to plastic greenhouses, etc.
– Advantages: Create an optimal growth environment based on data on crop growth information and environmental information, and increase productivity and quality of agricultural products by reducing labor, energy, and nutrients

◆ Smart Farm Youth Startup Incubation Center
Regardless of major, any young man who wants to learn smart farm farming techniques can apply!

[Educational Institution]
① Gyeongsangbuk-do Agricultural Technology Institute (Sangju)
② Gyeongsangnam-do Agricultural Resources Management Center (Miryang)
③ Jeollabuk-do Agricultural Food Human Resources Development Center (Gimje)
④ Suncheon University, Jeollanam-do (Goheung)

[Education Target]
– Korean nationals between 18 and 39 years of age
(Births of '82.1.1 ~ '04.12.31 according to resident registration)

[Educational Benefits]
① State subsidy for education tuition (free)
② Room and board support during the training period (about 1 year and 8 months, on the day of training)
③ Agricultural technology guidance and consulting support by domestic and foreign field experts
④ 'Excellent performance performance' is given priority to move into a rental smart farm
⑤ Qualification to apply for youth smart farm comprehensive fund loan for graduates
⑥ Additional points are given when selecting a young successor farmer
⑦ Assignment of the number of successor agricultural managers
⑧ Agricultural, forestry and fishermen credit guarantee fund guarantee rate for graduates preferential

[Training content]
Nurturing professional manpower in the smart farm field (20 months course)

STEP 01. Introductory (theory) course (2 months, more than 180 hours)
– Smart farm agriculture basics (business management, facility management, crop physiology, item cultivation), smart farm related information and communication technology and data analysis education, etc.
* Advanced technology (ICT, IOT, etc.) and data field (AI, big data, etc.) special lectures in connection with external specialized educational institutions

STEP 02. Educational practice (6 months, 480 hours or more)
– Daycare center practice Accumulation of experience and benchmarking through field training using greenhouses and smart farm leading farmhouses and greenhouses

STEP 03. Management practice (12 months, 960 hours or more)
Provide a greenhouse area for management practice so that trainees can experience farming management under their own responsibility, and conduct practical training for the entire farming cycle

[How to apply]
Smart Farm Korea website After registering as a member, apply online through 'Smart Farm Education - Childcare Business Application'
– 208 people selected (52 people per day care center)
– Application period 2022. 4. 28. (Thu) ~ 5. 31. (Tue)
– Final announcement scheduled for 2022. 7. 29. (Fri)

* Inquiries regarding online application: 02-575-5836

[Selection method]
STEP 01. Eligibility Test 6. 2. (Tue) ~ 6. 10. (Fri)
Selection of candidates for document screening by reviewing omissions and eligibility of documents submitted by applicants

STEP 02. Document review 6. 20. (Mon) ~ 7. 1. (Fri)
Selected candidates for interview by examining details such as the specificity of the application motive and the appropriateness of the entrepreneurship plan (twice the number of final admissions)

STEP 03. Interview 7. 12. (Tue) ~ 7. 22. (Fri)
Selected as finalists by examining passion and attitude toward smart agriculture, possibility of settling in farming, affinity and communication ability, etc.

◆ Smart Farm Youth Startup Incubation Center
-Smart Farm Korea website
– Smart Farm Call Center 1522-2911
– Gyeongsangbuk-do (054-537-8837~8) 302nd floor conference room of Smart Farm Innovation Valley Support Center, 96-2 Cheongryong-gil, Sabeol-myeon, Sangju-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do
– Gyeongsangnam-do (055-254-4753~4) Classroom in Building 1079, Youth Startup Incubation Center, 1, Imcheon-ri, Samrangjin-eup, Miryang-si, Gyeongnam
– Jeollabuk-do (063-290-6434,6436) Agricultural Food Human Resources Development Institute, 1079-25 Hwangto-ro, Baekgu-myeon, Gimje-si, Jeollabuk-do
– Jeollanam-do ① (061-286-6492) Suncheon National University Agricultural Science Education Center, 80 Seomyeon Jeongjeong-gil, Suncheon-si, Jeollanam-do (on-site briefing session)
– Jeollanam-do ② 061-758-3261 (Suncheon National University) Area 3737 Gaya-ri, Dodo-myeon, Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do

 

☞ Source: Korea Policy Briefing (2022.05.04.)