Jeonbuk Province Selects New Successor Agricultural Managers and Young Entrepreneur Farmers

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Jeonbuk Province announced on the 17th that it will newly select ‘2020 Successor Agricultural Managers and Young Startup Farmers.’

The eligibility criteria are the same as last year: for successor agricultural managers, applicants must be between 18 and under 50 years old, with less than 10 years of independent farming experience.

For young startup farmers, applicants must be between 18 and under 40 years old, with less than 3 years of independent farming experience.

Applicants wishing to apply as successor agricultural managers must submit their application forms by the 22nd to the agricultural department of the city or county office with jurisdiction over their registered resident address (or the Agricultural Technology Center), or to the town, township, or neighborhood office. Farmers applying for the young startup farmer farming settlement fund should complete and submit their application forms online through the Agricultural Project Information System.

Successor farmers (including young startup farmers) will receive up to 300 million KRW in startup fund support, and young startup farmers will receive 800,000 to 1,000,000 KRW in farming settlement funds.

Those selected as successor agricultural managers can receive loans of up to 300 million KRW for necessary startup funds such as purchasing farmland, installing agricultural facilities, and purchasing livestock farm sites. Successor farmers who have not completed military service will also be granted the benefit of serving as industrial technical personnel, allowing them to combine farming with military service.

In addition to startup fund support, young startup farmers who establish farming bases such as farmland and facilities in their own name, register their management entity, and engage directly in farming can receive monthly farming settlement funds of 800,000 to 1,000,000 KRW for up to 3 years according to the years of independent management.

Choi Jae-yong, Director of the Agriculture, Livestock, and Food Bureau of Jeonbuk Province, said, “We hope that young and talented people interested in starting farming will actively take interest and apply. We will discover and support various policies so that young farmers newly entering agriculture in Jeonbuk can settle stably in agriculture and rural areas and engage in farming with peace of mind.”

Meanwhile, last year Jeonbuk Province selected 447 successor agricultural managers (177 general successor farmers and 270 young startup farmers).

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