Haenam-gun, Working Hard to Help with Farm Labor in Rural Areas

Operation of Agricultural Workforce Support Situation Room for One Month Starting from the 25th

Haenam-gun is helping with farm work as the full-scale farming season begins. (Photo by Haenam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam-gun, Jeonnam announced on the 27th that it is conducting rural labor assistance as the full-scale farming season begins.

The county is prioritizing support for farms with labor shortages, such as elderly or female-headed households, and from the 25th of last month until the 5th of next month, all employees are participating in labor assistance.

In particular, due to the worsening rural labor shortage caused by the spread of COVID-19 this year, support is being provided so that all departments and offices, as well as each eup and myeon, can conduct labor assistance at least twice by the end of next month.

From the time social distancing measures end, a county-wide rural labor assistance campaign will be carried out together with local institutions and organizations.

Additionally, the county has established an agricultural manpower support situation room at the county office and 14 eup and myeon offices to survey local labor demand, while linking farms with job participants and volunteers.

Furthermore, manpower recruited through the mutual aid manpower support project linked with Seoul City is expected to be able to start working from the end of this month.

On the 27th, County Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan, who participated in garlic harvest labor assistance in Okcheon-myeon, stated, “As the full-scale farming season begins, the overlapping periods of rice planting and the harvest of field crops such as garlic and onions are expected to worsen the rural labor shortage. We will do our best to share the difficulties of farms and resolve the labor shortage through proactive measures such as establishing the agricultural manpower support situation room.”

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