On 18 January this year , World Horti Center Office Korea was opened in Sangju . This office is part of Kyungpook National University . A light distance from here is the SmartFarm Innovation Valley ( SFIV ) , where bookman are trained to become entrepreneurs of the time to come in horticulture .
Among those present at the gilded curtain raising were the regulator of Gyeongsangbuk - do and mayor of Sangju , and the director of World Horti Center Netherlands . In the occur yr , cooperation between the branches in South Korea and the Netherlands will be further intensified .
Festive openingFor the Gyeongsangbuk - do region , the opening of the World Horti Center office is a great footprint . During the gay opening ceremony , many important guest were present , include the mayor of Sangju , the regulator of Gyeongsangbuk - do , and a delegation from the Dutch embassy in South Korea , let in Gelare Nader , attachee of the Agricultural Council and also agricultural consultant Hojin Kang .
From the Netherlands , World Horti Center director Puck van Holsteijn and surgical process manager Tessa Minnaard were present on behalf of the World Horti Center , and Oscar Niessen on behalf of Lentiz Onderwijsgroep . The opening attract a lot of South Korean press to Sangju , who follow and recorded everything closely .
The Westland of South KoreaThe realm is substantially described as the Westland of South Korea . The top crop in this region are cuke , strawberries , peppers , and tomatoes . The provincial authorities has go down the destination of becoming self - sufficient in solid food output in the come years . The cooperation has several key goals :
World Horti Center Netherlands film director Puck van Holsteijn says : " With the opening of this branch , the air of communication with the Netherlands will become scant , and we will partake in knowledge , research technological institution together , and wagon train talent . "
Besides World Horti Center , Lentiz Onderwijsgroep plays an important role . The first students have already been trained , for example , and this will be expanded in the hail years .
persist in cooperationDuring the opening , a contract bridge was signed between Kyungpook National University and World Horti Center . In it , they consort to mould together for at least three years , with the intent of doing so for the foresightful terminal figure . Last year World Horti Center in Naaldwijk already pull many visitors from South Korea . Puck van Holsteijn : " With the function in Korea , the family relationship has deepened further , and authority has been express to build on this in the come years . "
The authority in the university and its innovation and research center is the source of a developing World Horti Center . " In our Naaldwijk branch , the job biotic community is powerfully represent with more than 100 player . In the Korean branch , the business community of interests is still missing , so there are opportunities here for the future . "
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