Suncheon-si, 2nd Student Family Agricultural and Livestock Product Package Support

40,000 Won Purchase Points per Student for Namdojangteo Online Shopping Mall Products

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Suncheon City (Mayor Heo Seok) announced that it will support the ‘2nd agricultural and livestock product package’ to 34,570 student households following the support for eco-friendly agricultural and livestock product packages.

This 2nd package support differs from the 1st in-kind package distribution method, as it will be provided as ‘40,000 KRW worth of Namdo Market (www.jnmall.kr) product purchase points’ per student. Parents can directly purchase necessary agricultural, livestock, and marine products as well as processed goods from the online shopping mall ‘Namdo Market’.

Suncheon City adopted a method that satisfies two conditions: revitalizing local farms and providing consumer choice, using the budget of 1.38 billion KRW for free school meals in March and April, which could not be supported due to the suspension of school meals caused by COVID-19 (36% provincial funds, 60% city funds, 4% education office funds).

The points will be notified to parents individually via mobile text messages with temporary IDs and passwords after the schools complete the parental consent procedure for personal information. Purchases can be made with the provided points at Namdo Market from June 10 to July 31.

Unused points will expire after the usage period, so they must be used within the period. If purchasing items over 40,000 KRW, the individual must pay the additional cost.

Park Joo-bong, Director of Agricultural Food Distribution at Suncheon City, said, “We expect a high level of satisfaction as parents can directly select the products they want,” and added, “We hope this will help local farms and suppliers who deliver school meals by prioritizing the purchase of agricultural, livestock, marine products, and processed goods registered in our region.”

As a COVID-19 overcoming win-win project, Suncheon City supported 45,500 eco-friendly agricultural and livestock product packages (1.64 billion KRW) to households of children in daycare centers, kindergartens, and elementary, middle, and high (special) schools in the first round last April.

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