Thread by @sustainaus

At the #UrbanAgForum2021 we are thrilled to feature leaders from the #KoreanCityFarmers and @Seoul_gov who have championed a massive expansion of #urbanagriculture in less than a decade - and have plans to ramp it up even further.

uaf.org.au/program/urban-…

"According to the city government's data, the number of urban farmers in Seoul is estimated at 647,000 as of 2019, compared with 45,000 in 2011, while the amount of farming space has increased nearly seven times since 2011 from 29ha to 202ha."

fruitnet.com/asiafruit/arti…

"According to a report from Yonhap News Agency, the government is set to invest ₩251.4bn (US$216.1m) until 2024 to expand the area available for farming and increase the population’s farming skills."

"With this funding [Seoul City aims] to create 1m ‘farmers’ by developing farming communities around new vertical gardens & farms on rooftops & [walls]. The government will provide [inputs] to establish these farms on houses and schools and other buildings around the city."

"The [City will] run farming support centres in all of the city's 25 wards and run exchange programmes with rural areas across the country."

Book today! The #UrbanAgForum2021 runs online from 22-24 April uaf.org.au/tickets/

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