Hapcheon-gun Launches 'Customized Education' to Support Returning Farmers and New Residents Settlement

Practical Training on Pesticide and Agricultural Machinery Usage, Farmland Act, and Eco-friendly Cultivation Techniques

Basic agricultural technology training for new returnees to farming and rural areas in Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam. (Photo by Hapcheon-gun)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam, conducted customized basic farming technology education that can be practically applied to actual farming on the 19th at the Agricultural Startup Complex Education and Culture Center for 35 new farmers returning to farming and rural areas.

Training was provided on the use of pesticides and agricultural machinery immediately needed by beginners in agricultural management, as well as education on the Farmland Act, root vegetables, and leafy vegetable cultivation techniques.

These practical training sessions aimed at helping returnees settle include basic farming technologies such as eco-friendly cultivation techniques, strategies for returning to farming and rural areas, agricultural management plans, and presentations of successful returnee cases.

Prospective returnees visited a rural experience education center in Goseong, Gyeongnam, received education on returnee cases, and toured the 6th industry sites. At the Jungbu Agricultural Machinery Rental Bank, hands-on agricultural machinery safety training was provided on tractors, cultivators, and excavators, increasing the trainees' participation and satisfaction.

The trainees who participated in the basic farming technology education evaluated it as “a substantial education that provided various information helpful for early settlement after returning to farming.”

Son Young-jin, director of the Agricultural Technology Center, said, “We plan to continue providing counseling for the stable settlement of returnees, along with returnee startup education and various crop cultivation training programs in 2021.”

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