Hampyeong-gun Launches Full-Scale Operation of Stay-Type Support Center for Returning Farmers and Fishing Villages

Opening Ceremony Held on the 9th and Education for the 1st Batch of Entrants Begins

[Hampyeong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] The Hampyeong-gun Return-to-Farming and Fishing Village Stay Support Center announced on the 9th that it held an opening ceremony attended by Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok, related organization officials, and enrollees, and will begin full-scale operations.

The Return-to-Farming and Fishing Village Stay Support Center was selected as a Jeollanam-do public project in April 2019, with Hampyeong-gun chosen as the final candidate. A total budget of 3.8 billion KRW was invested, and the project was carried out for one year and five months from August 2019 to December last year.

Previously, the county selected 18 qualified enrollees from 10 households who had lived in urban areas for more than one year and wished to move to rural areas to return to farming.

The enrollees will stay with their families for the next nine months, experiencing a one-stop program including understanding rural life, adapting to rural areas, and practical training and education in agricultural start-up courses.

The county expects the support center to perform a core function as a return-to-farming and fishing village educational institution and provide stable settlement opportunities to prospective farmers at the implementation stage of returning to farming.

The support center, established on the site of the closed old Hakdari Central Elementary School (897 Jukjeong-ri, Hakgyo-myeon), covers a total area of 15,385㎡ and includes living facilities for enrollees such as one dormitory building (2 floors, 12 rooms) and nine detached houses, as well as one agricultural education hall, three connected-type facility greenhouses, and individual vegetable gardens (482㎡), among various farming facilities.

County Governor Lee Sang-ik said, “Interest in returning to farming and fishing villages among urban residents is increasing in the COVID-19 era,” and added, “Through this Return-to-Farming and Fishing Village Stay Support Center, Hampyeong-gun will spare no effort to provide various supports to become the optimal return-to-farming and fishing village area.”

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