Farm hands: Acting Director of the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department Lau Sin-pang and the farmers' delegation.

A group of farmers will learn about the advanced technology and management of South Korea's farms during a seven-day visit to the country from September 20, organised by the Agriculture, Fisheries & Conservation Department.

The 27-member group consists of representatives from the Vegetable Marketing Organisation and local farmers' co-operative societies. They will visit organic and conventional farms, green houses, vegetable processing factories, wholesale markets, retail markets and horticulture experiment stations.

The itinerary will include a visit to IPARANG, a high-tech vegetable production plant, which, through modern management and water cultivation, produces vegetables free of chemical pesticides and heavy metal pollution for the nation's large chain stores and supermarkets.

To improve sales of local agricultural products, the delegation will also study market operation of Korea's agricultural sector.