Sancheong Agriculture: Fostering 'Young Farmers Leading the Future'

Recruitment of Applicants for County Next-Generation Farmer Development Project

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 18th that it will carry out the '2021 Next-Generation Farmer Success Model Development Project' to establish a successful agricultural startup foundation and strengthen expertise for young farmers.

This Next-Generation Farmer Success Model Development Project aims for the stable settlement of young farmers in agriculture and the establishment of an agricultural startup foundation, and will recruit young farmers to participate in the development project until September 2.

It is also an autonomous public contest project that concretizes newly developed new technologies in various agricultural fields or technologies or ideas accumulated and verified by young farmers in the field into a 'success model.'

The project cost is 50 million KRW per location (30% provincial subsidy, 30% county subsidy, 20% self-payment).

Eligibility to apply is limited to independent young farmers under 40 years old as of 2021, the year the project is implemented, with more than 3 years of farming experience, and who have completed or been exempted from military service.

An official from the Sancheong-gun Agricultural Technology Center stated, "We plan to refine the young agricultural startup success models discovered through this project and spread them to local agricultural sites," adding, "We will strive to promote early settlement of young farmers in agriculture as well as induce rural inflow."

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