Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Holds Emergency Meeting to Respond to Typhoon 'Maysak'... Orders Control and Quarantine Measures

Kim Hyun-soo, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, attended the National Assembly's Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee's audit of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on the 18th, responding to questions from lawmakers. Photo by Yoon Dong-joo doso7@

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Kim Hyunjung] On the morning of the 2nd, Kim Hyun-soo, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, held an emergency inspection meeting at the Agricultural Disaster Countermeasures Situation Room to review the agricultural sector's response to the approaching Typhoon No. 9 ‘Maysak’ and post-typhoon follow-up measures.

At the meeting, Minister Kim emphasized maintaining a special preparedness posture until the typhoon passes, considering the weakened ground and facility conditions due to the prolonged rainy season and Typhoon No. 8 ‘Bavi’, as well as the growth status of crops entering the harvest season. In particular, he rechecked the preemptive measures in each sector, including the restoration status of drainage pumps and agricultural reservoirs damaged by heavy rain in August, management of orchards and vinyl greenhouse facilities to minimize fruit drop damage, safety management of rural solar power facilities, and strengthening of African Swine Fever (ASF) quarantine.

Furthermore, he instructed to do their utmost to prevent damage to farmers by implementing preemptive safety measures for residents in landslide-prone areas and around water facilities, proactive evacuation, and advising restraint from outdoor farming activities in typhoon warning areas. Minister Kim also urged that after the typhoon ends, damage assessments be conducted promptly and necessary emergency restoration plans be prepared in advance and implemented without delay.

Since the 28th of last month, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs has been promoting preemptive measures during the agricultural damage prevention period in cooperation with the Rural Development Administration, Korea Forest Service, local governments, Korea Rural Community Corporation, and the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation. On the 1st, Vice Minister Lee Jae-wook and other key officials at the director and bureau chief level conducted on-site inspections of water facilities, crops, agricultural and livestock facilities, and livestock quarantine status in the regions of Gyeongnambuk, Jeonnambuk, Chungbuk, and Gangwon, which lie along the main typhoon path.

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