Hwasun-gun Selected as One of Jeonnam's Top 10 High-Quality Brand Rice

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Young-gyun] Hwasun County, Jeollanam-do (Governor Gu Chung-gon) announced on the 21st that Hwasun's "Jayeonsokae Sunmi" was awarded the Encouragement Prize in the "Top 10 High-Quality Brand Rice in Jeollanam-do" hosted by Jeollanam-do.

Jayeonsokae Sunmi was selected as one of Jeollanam-do's Top 10 High-Quality Brand Rice for the second consecutive year, following last year.

The award ceremony is scheduled to be held at the regular meeting of Jeollanam-do Provincial Office in July, and the prize money is 10 million KRW.

The Top 10 Brand Rice in Jeollanam-do was selected through first, second, and final evaluations by specialized institutions and on-site assessments, based on taste, impurity rate, increase rate of single variety, eco-friendly rice cultivation, mechanical quality, and appearance quality.

Jayeonsokae Sunmi from Dogok Nonghyup Rice Center is a Honong variety, contracted for cultivation by 141 farms over an area of 484 hectares.

856 tons are purchased annually, and the brand rice's annual sales amount to 2 billion KRW.

The packaging unit is 10 kg, priced at 34,000 KRW per sack, with separate delivery charges.

Purchase inquiries can be made at the Dogok Nonghyup Local Food Direct Store.

Dogok Nonghyup Rice Center has a storage capacity of 4,200 tons, processing capacity of 12,000 tons, and drying capacity of 7,357 tons.

Additionally, it is fully equipped with eco-friendly certification and GAP (Good Agricultural Practices) milling facilities.

A representative of Dogok Nonghyup Rice Center stated, "Securing cultivation area is relatively more difficult for individual RPCs than for union RPCs," and added, "We will focus on securing cultivation areas and especially concentrate on supplying public meals in Seoul."

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