Sancheong-gun Forest Income Project Contest ... Modernization and Scaling Support Applications Accepted Until June 25

Forest Crop Production Complex and Forest Integrated Management Complex Development Project

Harvesting Wild Garlic Leaves
Photo by Sancheong-gun

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 29th that it is accepting applications for the ‘2022 Forest Income Project Contest’ until June 25 to establish a production base and increase income for forestry workers.

This contest consists of two projects: the Forest Crop Production Complex Project and the Forest Complex Management Complex Project. It supports the foundation costs for modernization and scaling up of production complexes.

Applicants are professional foresters (forestry successors, independent foresters, new knowledge foresters) and producer groups who intend to produce forest product income support items (79 types including wild vegetables, herbs, mushrooms, etc.).

Among the Forest Crop Production Complex Projects, open-field cultivation infrastructure such as seedling planting, seed sowing, watering, fencing, and work roads can be applied for within a total project cost of 100 million to 500 million KRW.

Facility cultivation infrastructure such as cultivation houses and tissue culture facilities can be applied for within a total project cost of 200 million to 1 billion KRW, with support conditions of 60% subsidy and 40% self-payment, and the project can be supported over 1 to 2 years.

The Forest Complex Management Complex Project can be carried out on forests of 5 hectares or more, including forest tending projects and foundation projects for short-term forest product income generation.

Applications can be made for a total project cost of 100 million to 500 million KRW, with support conditions of 80% subsidy and 20% self-payment, and the project can be supported over 2 to 3 years.

A county official said, “Our Sancheong-gun consists of 78% forest land by area. We are doing our best to promote customized contest projects for efficient forest land use and to increase forestry income by leveraging these characteristics.”

He added, “In particular, as the popularity of Jirisan Sancheong wild vegetables has recently increased, we launched wild vegetable bundle products including durup (Aralia elata), eumnamu (Acanthopanax sessiliflorus), and sanmaneul (wild garlic), which received favorable responses from consumers in large cities. We will continue to actively support stable production and sales of high-quality forest products.”

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