Jeonnam Province's 'Youth Successor Farmer Settlement Support Project' Receives Positive Response

Applications Increased by Over 10% Compared to Last Year... Competition Ratio 2.3:1

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province's 'Youth Successor Farmer Settlement Support Project' for this year has received great response.

The province announced on the 31st that the application deadline for the farming settlement support project saw 495 applicants, an increase of more than 10% compared to last year, showing a competition rate of 2.3:1 based on the recruitment number of 214.

The Youth Successor Farmer Settlement Support Project is a nationally funded subsidy project that provides settlement funds to young farmers whose income is unstable in the early stages of farming.

Among the applicants for this project, Haenam-gun had the highest number with 66 people (13.4%), followed by Naju-si with 44 people (8.9%), Yeongam-gun with 42 people (8.5%), Muan-gun with 35 people (7.1%), and Damyang-gun and Jangseong-gun with 28 people (5.7%) each.

The province plans to conduct a written evaluation by city and county in February to select 1.5 times the number of candidates, followed by a city and provincial level interview evaluation in March to make the final selection.

Given the higher competition rate compared to previous years, the focus will be on ensuring fairness and transparency in the selection process.

External experts in the agricultural field will be appointed as committee members for the written and interview evaluations to thoroughly assess the applicants' farming will, goals, concreteness of plans, and feasibility.

The finally selected youth successor farmers will receive a farming settlement support fund of up to 1 million KRW per month for up to three years, and depending on the young farmers' wishes, up to 300 million KRW in start-up funds along with farmland and technical education will also be linked and supported.

For the final selected candidates, joint pre-education on the scope of fund usage and obligations will be conducted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs in April by region, actively supporting the youth successor farmers who will become the future leaders of Jeonnam's agricultural policy to adapt to agriculture and rural areas.

Son Myung-do, Director of Agricultural Policy at Jeonnam Province, said, "This is the first time nearly 500 applicants have gathered recently," and added, "As participation and interest from young farmers increase year by year, we will focus on fair selection."

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