Jangseong-gun Selected for Ministry of Agriculture Food Plan...The Only One in Jeonnam

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Oh Gilsu] Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 13th that it has been selected as a local government supported by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs for the 2020 Regional Food Plan Package and secured a project budget of 11.6 billion KRW (4.9 billion KRW in national funds) over five years until 2024.

Earlier, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs launched a public contest to support the establishment of a regional food circulation system targeting local governments that have completed or are in the process of establishing regional food plans, and recently selected and announced eight local governments nationwide.

The regional food plan is a comprehensive strategy to strengthen the connection between production and consumption of food within the region.

By promoting local food consumption centered on direct sales stores and public meals, it aims to provide fresh and safe food supply, increase farmers' income, and revitalize local communities. Currently, a total of 67 local governments nationwide are implementing regional food plans.

Jangseong-gun started the basic food plan service in 2018 and completed the regional food plan at the end of last year, securing priority qualification for support. Subsequently, it participated in the contest and achieved the remarkable result of ranking second nationwide and being the only local government in Jeollanam-do selected for support.

With the selection in the contest project, Jangseong-gun plans to establish a balanced support foundation across the agricultural sector through the promotion of 11 food plan-related projects over the next five years, including farmer organization, establishment of planned production systems, activation of farmer processing, establishment of distribution systems, and opening of direct transaction markets.

Furthermore, by organizing participating farmer groups and establishing planned production systems in the food plan, it aims to increase the supply ratio of local agricultural products in the public meal sector to 70%.

In addition, by opening additional local food direct sales stores, it plans to create a consumption market worth 30 billion KRW by 2022 and promote the project with the goal of nurturing about 1,500 small and medium-sized farmers who can earn stable income.

Moreover, Jangseong-gun has been steadily achieving results this year, including being selected for the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs’ “2020 Public Meal Planned Production System Establishment Support Project” related to the food plan and the “2020 Regional Food Plan Establishment Support Project.”

Also, in April, it launched the “Jangseong Food Project Group,” which is in charge of farmer organization and planned production system establishment, and is promoting full-scale preparation of the food plan, village-level education, recruitment of participating farmers, and establishment of cropping systems.

Yoo Doo-seok, the mayor of Jangseong-gun, said, “This contest project is the result of the Jangseong Food Plan, which has been prepared for a long time with the goal of establishing a regional food system,” and added, “We will devote ourselves to building a ‘Yellow City Jangseong where everyone prospers’ together with local residents.”

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