Hampyeong-gun Wins Grand Prize in 'Comprehensive Evaluation of Returning to Farming and Fishing Villages'

[Hampyeong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Hampyeong County in Jeollanam-do announced on the 23rd that it won the grand prize in the ‘2020 Comprehensive Evaluation of Returning to Farming and Fishing Villages’ conducted by Jeollanam-do.

Jeollanam-do recently conducted a comprehensive evaluation of 21 cities and counties within the province, excluding Mokpo City, based on 11 items across 5 categories including project implementation willingness, promotion and attraction performance of returning to farming and rural areas, and project publicity.

In this evaluation, Hampyeong County received favorable reviews for policy projects it has promoted so far, such as ▲Living First in Jeollanam-do ▲Urban Residents Rural Attraction Support Project ▲Comma Empty House Regeneration Project ▲Returning to Farming and Rural Settlement Support Project.

In particular, aggressively securing budgets through the ‘Returning to Farming and Fishing Villages Stay-type Support Center,’ which is about to begin full-scale operation, and attracting more than 1,000 returnees to farming and rural areas annually also positively contributed to this award result.

A county official said, “Currently, Hampyeong is considered a region at risk of extinction due to severe population decline, so returning to farming and rural settlement is being promoted as a core population policy,” adding, “We will continue to develop various programs reflecting the characteristics of the region and organically link them with the Returning to Farming and Fishing Villages Stay-type Support Center, which will be fully operational next year, to make Hampyeong the number one place for returning to farming and rural settlement.”

Meanwhile, Hampyeong County also won an excellence award in the comprehensive evaluation of returning to farming and fishing villages conducted last year.

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