Sancheong-gun Selected for Insect Industry Contest by Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock... Secures 240 Million KRW

Selected for Distribution Business Support... Industry-Academia-Research and Farmers Participate in 'Gonchung Distribution Business Group' Launch

Sancheong-gun Chahwang-myeon Military Insect Resource Base Nursery Center Exterior (Photo by Sancheong-gun)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 14th that it has secured a project budget of 240 million KRW after being selected in the insect distribution business support category in the 2021 Insect Industry Promotion Support Contest hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Last month, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs received contest applications from local governments nationwide and recently finalized the support targets through on-site inspections and presentation evaluations. The selected locations include two nationwide in the 'Insect Industrialization Support' category, including Gyeongbuk Province, and three nationwide in the 'Insect Distribution Business Support' category, including Sancheong-gun.

To participate in this contest, Sancheong-gun formed a provisional 'Sancheong-gun Insect Distribution Business Group' together with the Industry-Academic Cooperation Foundation of Gyeongnam National University of Science and Technology, Gyeongnam Anti-Aging Research Institute, Sancheong Jirisan Insect Cooperative, and about ten insect farming households.

The Insect Distribution Business Group will carry out projects such as ▲organizing farming households to revitalize distribution ▲expert consulting for insect-producing farms ▲quality control and product development of insect products ▲promotion and marketing to pioneer the insect market.

A Sancheong-gun official stated, "With this contest selection, we expect the promotion of Sancheong-gun's insect industry and revitalization of distribution to gain momentum," adding, "Through the business group, we will contribute to increasing the income of insect-producing farms by changing perceptions of insects, enabling wide-area and large-scale distribution of insect resources, and promoting sales of insect products."

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