Boseong-gun Lends a Hand to Overcome COVID-19 with Rural Farm Labor Support

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Yong-chul] On the 21st, it was announced that Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do, helped farmers with labor at a kiwi farm in Chuknae-ri, Joseong-myeon on the 20th.

On that day, more than 60 people, including Kim Cheol-woo, the governor of Boseong-gun, members of the Boseong County Council, public officials, and NH Nonghyup Boseong Branch, participated in the kiwi flower bud thinning work.

On the 16th, the county visited tea cultivation farms and volunteered to plant tea tree seedlings, actively working to alleviate the severe rural labor shortage caused by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and sharing the hardships with farmers.

Currently, as the full-scale farming season begins, a large workforce is needed, but due to difficulties in foreign workers entering the country because of COVID-19 and challenges in securing domestic workers due to social distancing, timely farming is facing difficulties.

Kiwi farm owner Lee Bok-jae said, “This work is very important as it determines the success or failure of a year’s kiwi farming, and I was very worried that the timing might not be met due to labor shortages,” adding, “I sincerely thank everyone who participated.”

Governor Kim Cheol-woo stated, “We will strive to enable farmers to carry out timely farming and prepare various support measures to share the hardships of all residents suffering from COVID-19.”

Meanwhile, Boseong-gun has paid 5.2 billion won early as a public benefit allowance for farmers and fishermen to share their hardships caused by COVID-19, and operates various support measures such as special discount events for tea products at the online agricultural specialty product direct market Boseong Mall and a rural labor assistance window.

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