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CNU's Core Agricultural Materials Localization Research Center Leads the Development of Eco-Friendly Biochemicals and Microbial Pesticides

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CNU is developing eco-friendly biochemical pesticides and low-cost, high-efficiency microbial pesticides.

CNU was recently selected for the Fungicide Substitute Microbial Pesticide and Biochemical Pesticide Productization Research Group, which is part of the Core Agricultural Material Localization Technology Development Project governed by the Institute of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries Technology Planning and Evaluation (iPET), and successfully signed an agreement with the latter.

CNU will lead the development of eco-friendly biochemical pesticides and low-cost, high-efficiency microbial pesticides using domestic funding of KRW 8.6 billion KRW from government contributions and a response fund from Gwangju Metropolitan City over the next 5 years.

This project research group (Director Professor Kim Young-chul of the Department of Applied Biology) includes the CNU Institute of Environmentally-Friendly Agriculture as the host institution, and the Eco-Friendly Agri-Bio Research Center along with the 7 participating entities that follow: Purne Co., Ltd., Hyeonnong Co., Soil Tech Co., Ltd., Nonghyup Chemical Co., Ltd., Korea Environmentally-Friendly Agricultural Product Export Marketing Coop, and FMC Korea Co., Ltd. Professor Kim Gil-yong, Professor Jung Woo-jin, Professor Han Yeon-Soo, and Professor Jo Jeong-Yong will participate in the project.

The research team predicts that this project will be able to secure 10% of the domestic microbial pesticide and biochemical pesticide market (66 billion KRW as of 2030) and replace imported microbial disinfectants, which account for 50% of the disinfectant market.

The Core Agricultural Material Localization Technology Development Project is a mid-to long-term national project of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs to develop future core technologies for the localization of pesticides, disinfectants, herbicides, microbial pesticides, and biochemical pesticide products.

Research Director Professor Kim Young-chul said, “Based on the know-how of eco-friendly agriculture research accumulated over 10 years, we will develop the core agricultural material localization technology essential for improving agricultural productivity and producing eco-friendly agricultural products, and make Gwangju a mecca for the domestic and overseas agricultural material market by creating globally competitive products.”

Meanwhile, the CNU Institute of Environmentally-Friendly Agriculture has been leading in the global, eco-friendly agricultural research and development of core agricultural materials since it was established as the first institute of eco-friendly agriculture in Korea with 8 billion KRW from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food, and Rural Affairs and from South Jeolla Province.