Jeonnam Province Receives 'Best' Annual Evaluation for Horticulture Industry Comprehensive Plan Implementation Performance

[Muan=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Yoon Jamin] Jeonnam Province announced on the 5th that it was selected as the best local government nationwide in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' '2021 Horticulture Industry Comprehensive Plan Implementation Performance Annual Evaluation.'

The annual evaluation of the Horticulture Industry Comprehensive Plan inspects the annual progress of local governments regarding the horticulture industry comprehensive plans established from 2018 to 2022.

It is conducted annually by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to promote systematic management of horticultural products and efficient linkage with government policies.

This year's evaluation was conducted from January to March targeting 118 local governments and item-wide organizations nationwide.

The evaluation assessed the achievement rate against targets in six indicators across three areas: efforts to implement the horticulture industry comprehensive plan, fostering producer organizations, and expanding marketing efforts.

The province has comprehensively inspected the implementation status of the horticulture industry comprehensive plan in cities and counties, and intensively managed the shipment status of producer organizations within integrated marketing organizations formed by each city and county, as well as GAP certification status of horticultural products.

As a result, in this evaluation, the province along with 15 cities and counties including Naju and Yeongam achieved the highest A grade, a remarkable accomplishment.

With this top grade selection, the province received incentives such as priority selection for support projects related to production area distribution and an additional interest-free support fund of 48 billion KRW for revitalizing production area distribution.

This will lay the foundation for revitalizing production and distribution of horticultural product producer organizations within the province.

Soh Young-ho, Director of the Agriculture, Livestock and Food Bureau of Jeonnam Province, said, "Despite difficult weather conditions such as heavy rain last year, local producers produced good agricultural products and participated in organized distribution marketing, resulting in this achievement. We will strengthen the organization and scaling of producers and expand project support to reduce agricultural product distribution costs to stabilize horticultural product prices and increase farmers' income."

Jeonnam Province plans to invest 96.5 billion KRW in 28 projects this year to expand the production base of the horticulture industry and improve farm competitiveness.

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