To accelerate net-zero in agriculture and rural communities
◇ To improve "post-reduction emission goals" in the agricultural and livestock sectors to 18 million tons (27.5%↓ compared to 2018) and to reduce the number to 15.4 million tons by 2050
* (Status) Declaration of net-zero (‘20.12.), 2030 NDC improvement and establishment of 2050 net-zero scenario (’21.10.)
ㅇ To confirm "2050 net-zero strategy in the agri-food sector" after gathering opinions of the agricultural sector and the National Assembly, by reflecting reduction goals of national greenhouse gases (’21.12.)
◇ To draw up and implement detailed implementation plans by considering characteristics of agricultural and rural areas where food security and environmental values need to be harmonized
* Some farmers' groups are against agricultural solar power and solar energy in reclaimed agricultural lands with concerns over worsening food security and loss of tenure by renting farmers
ㅇ To enhance awareness and participation of farmers in net-zero
(Detailed implementation plan for net-zero) To set annual reduction goals and to draw up detailed implementation plans by each agenda (first half of 2022)
* Agricultural water management, spread the use of animal manure by non-agricultural sectors, support low-methane feed and productivity increase in the livestock industry, etc.
(Carbon emissions reduction) To reduce carbon emissions in agricultural activities by improving paddy agricultural cultivation method and animal rearing and feeding ways and spreading environmentally-friendly agriculture
(Reduction encouragement) To establish incentive system to encourage carbon emissions reduction by farms and local areas and to support the establishment and implementation to reduce carbon emissions of cultivation, livestock and energy sectors * To support the purchase of carbon emissions reduction mileage by the government or the trade of the mileage in the market
(Selective direct payment) To phase-in selective direct payment by gathering opinions of experts and the agricultural sector
(Paddy farming improvement) To distribute and spread technologies to manage agricultural water to reduce methane in cultivating rice through simple irrigation and shallow cultivation establishments (8 units) * To provide training and consulting service for managing agricultural water, support low-carbon certification fees and develop best models by region (2022 to 2024)
(Low-carbon livestock management) To reduce carbon emissions and manure by improving animal rearing system and developing low-methane feeds
To establish optimal cattle rearing model to reduce carbon emissions to improve long-term rearing practice of cattle (new pilot project from 2022 to 2024)
To review the possibility of applying overseas methane-reducing systems to Korea and to explore candidate materials to reduce methane (up to 2025)
(Environmentally-friendly agriculture) To establish the basis for environmentally-friendly agriculture based on the environmentally-friendly agricultural complexes*(20 units) and to expand agricultural environmental preservation programs (25 units in 2021 → 65 in 2022) * To manage environmentally-friendly agricultural lands to prevent arsenic acid pollution and reduce production cost
To increase the number of organic comprehensive service complexes where production, consumption and experience are integrated, in order to spread consumption culture focused on environmental values (5 units in 2021 → 6 in 2022)
(Redirect energy in agriculture and rural areas) To generate energy with animal manure and to promote the RE100 project to explore energy-independent models in each rural village
(Appropriate treatment of animal manure) To improve treatment of animal manure by expanding public resource utilization and disposal facilities
To operate animal manure treatment facilities in the form of public service (local governments and public organizations) and to promote "environmentally-friendly energy towns (in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment)" for local people * To build manure treatment facilities underground and to have parks on the ground and provide remaining energy to local people
To expand the use of cattle manure as solid fuels and bio-char and the use of pig manure as bio gas and energy * To use steelworks and power stations (from 2022), to support renovation of public resource utilization facilities by establishing manufacturing facilities of solid fuels (in 2022)
To install sewage disposal facilities of large pig farms and to expand support for public resource facilities (4 units in 2021→ 8 in 2022)
(RE100) To install renewable energy generation facilities such as town generation areas, agricultural production, distribution, and processing facilities and to support energy-saving remodeling of common facilities (4 units)
(Agricultural renewable energy) To lay the regulatory foundation for spreading renewable energy in rural areas, considering food security, space planning and environmental issues
(Agricultural solar power) To establish standard model and design for agricultural solar power to ensure safety and conditions for farmers (second half of 2022) * R&D to develop standard models by crop, draw design plan, and establish comprehensive system (‘21~’22, 4.5 billion) is underway
(Agricultural infrastructure) To share benefits of developing big projects using agricultural infrastructure such as reservoirs and freshwater lakes, along with renewable energy * Targets of 2022: 34 districts, 312.7MW (3 freshwater districts, 283MW/ water solar power, etc. 31, 29.7)
(Reclaimed agricultural land) To review how to improve criteria and approval procedures to install solar power generation facilities in the long-term (Q2)
(Climate change) To strengthen safety management of agricultural infrastructure in response to increasing frequency and damage of natural disasters such as droughts and floods
(Facility renovation) To improve reservoirs with emergency water gates and water management facilities and with in-depth safety diagnosis and renovation first. * Renovation rate (A total of 5,842 units): (‘21)69.8% → (‘22)72.7 → (‘30)100
(Smart water management) To strengthen disaster prevention functions with remote measurement and control of agricultural infrastructure and disaster prevention system * Automation of water management (TM/TC, A total of 27 districts): (‘21)75.2% → (‘22)80.6 → (‘25)100 * Disaster prevention (A total of 1,353 units: (‘21)49.2% → (‘22)64.0 → (‘25)100