Goheung-gun Expands Distribution Facilities... Supports with Total of 10 Billion KRW

Establishing a Stable Income Base for Production Farms and Fostering Competitive Food Companies

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Chunsu] Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do announced on the 5th that three companies were finally selected for the 2021 agricultural food distribution sector public projects, including the Jeollanam-do agricultural food manufacturing and processing support project at the end of December last year.

With this achievement, Goheung-gun secured a total budget of 10 billion KRW, including the project funds to be supported this year following the 2020 public projects.

Through this public project, support will be provided to local agricultural cooperatives, farming corporations, crop groups, and food companies for processing, distribution, and food materialization of high-quality agricultural products directly produced by farmers, as well as for expanding local agricultural product processing facilities and equipment.

By doing so, a systematic distribution system integrating production-processing-distribution will be established to further strengthen sustainable competitiveness of agricultural food products not only in the domestic market but also in overseas export markets.

Last year, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs public project ‘High-Quality Rice Distribution Activation Project,’ support was provided to Duwon Nonghyup (2 billion KRW) for the construction of a rice drying facility DSC (satellite silo), focusing on producing high-quality Goheung rice by field. Also, through the ‘Food Material and Semi-Processed Industry Promotion Project,’ (Ltd.) Modeun SF (500 million KRW), which produces peeled garlic, peeled onions, and sliced green onions, was supported with food preprocessing facilities such as steaming machines, peeling machines, and dryers, enhancing the competitiveness of small and medium food companies and contributing to income increase for raw material producing farmers.

Additionally, through the county’s own projects, support was provided to Punghyang Nonghyup (400 million KRW) for the ‘Yuja (Citron) and Garlic Auction Rain Shelter Facility’ to secure product quality and freshness from rain during shipment periods, to Duwon Nonghyup Yuja Processing Plant (570 million KRW) for the ‘Yuja Processing Plant Wastewater Treatment Facility’ to increase raw material purchase and improve processing capacity, and to Goheung Pomegranate Eco-Friendly Farming Association Corporation (100 million KRW) for the ‘Pomegranate Product Manufacturing Equipment’ to modernize outdated production facilities and improve inefficient production processes, thereby resolving difficulties faced by local farmers and establishing a stable distribution system for Goheung’s representative agricultural specialty products: yuja, pomegranate, and garlic.

The main projects planned for 2021 include the ‘High-Quality Rice Distribution Activation Support Project,’ which will support facility expansion at Heungyang Nonghyup (2.1 billion KRW) to polish rice produced by farmers into high-quality Goheung rice, enhancing competitiveness domestically and internationally.

Also, through the ‘Food Material and Semi-Processed Industry Promotion Project,’ support will be provided to Hanseong Food Farming Association Corporation (1.5 billion KRW) for various food materialization facilities of yuja items to diversify domestic and international B2B market strategies in the yuja processed food industry. The detailed design is currently being prepared.

Furthermore, the ‘Small but Strong Food Competitiveness Enhancement Project,’ which supports renovation of outdated facilities for small-scale agricultural food companies urgently needing new investments to secure competitiveness, will support Damwoo Agricultural Corporation (100 million KRW), a company specializing in pickled vegetables such as gondre and chwinamul, and Nokdong Brewery (84 million KRW) for the globalization of yuja Makgeolli. The ‘Traditional Food Competitiveness Enhancement Project,’ which provides customized support for R&D, brand development, and marketing, is being prepared by Enzyme Farm (40 million KRW) for project implementation this year.

Besides public projects, through the county’s own projects such as the ‘Production Area Distribution Facility (Collection Center) Renovation Support Project,’ working environments of production area distribution facilities will be improved to increase income through high-quality agricultural product sorting and enhance consumer trust. Support will be provided to Daeseo Horticultural Crop Group (50 million KRW) and Goheung-gun Eco-Friendly Hallabong Farming Association (100 million KRW) for collection center renovation and rain shelter facility installation.

County Governor Song Guigeun said, “These efforts, following last year, by attracting consecutive agricultural food sector public projects and promoting county projects this year, despite difficult conditions such as the global spread of COVID-19, lead to valuable outcomes where production farmers of various items, processing companies, and administration mutually win-win to actively respond to rapidly changing logistics, distribution, and product market environments in both domestic and global export markets, revitalizing the local economy.”

A county official stated, “In 2021 as well, we will efficiently and systematically promote agricultural food distribution public projects to actively resolve farmers’ difficulties, accelerate the 6th convergence and complex industrialization based on regionally competitive agricultural products such as garlic, onions, yuja, pomegranate, and coffee, and strive to expand various customized agricultural food distribution facilities to stabilize sustainable farmers’ income, increase processing companies’ sales, create jobs, and revitalize the local economy.”

Meanwhile, the ‘Goheung Local Coffee Convergence Project,’ selected in 2019 and entering its third year in 2021 (30 billion KRW over 4 years, 751 million KRW in 2021), plans to create high added value by making Goheung coffee a regional strategic food as the largest coffee production area in Korea. This year, remodeling of the coffee experience farm, barista training, new product and cultural product development will be promoted.

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