Gwangju City Announces Urban Agriculture Revitalization Support Project Competition

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 3rd that it will promote the ‘2021 Urban Agriculture Revitalization Support Project’ centered on the citizen community.

This project was prepared to utilize the multifunctional value of agriculture to solve urban environmental problems and to alleviate depression, community breakdown, and economic difficulties caused by COVID-19.

Among the total of five projects, ▲Urban Garden Support Project ▲Weekend Farm Support Project, two projects, can only be participated in by ‘Urban Agriculture Communities’ registered under Article 13 of the ‘Act on the Promotion and Support of Urban Agriculture.’

Also, ▲Urban Agriculture Specialized Village (Alley) Creation Project ▲Urban Farmer Harmony Garden Support Project ▲Welfare-type Shared Meal Garden Support Project, three projects, can only be applied for by non-profit private organizations, village communities, apartment residents’ representative meetings, social welfare facilities, etc.

Organizations wishing to participate in the project can refer to the ‘2021 Urban Agriculture Revitalization Support Project Plan Announcement’ posted in the notice/announcement section on the Gwangju city website and submit the project plan in person to the Life Agriculture Division Urban Agriculture Team or by email by 6 p.m. on the 6th.

In particular, Gwangju City plans to ensure that the ‘urban-rural exchange event’ and ‘urban agriculture education’ are necessarily included in this urban agriculture revitalization project, breaking the existing framework of urban agriculture as simple garden cultivation, and providing participants with opportunities to understand the importance of agriculture, consideration for farmers, solving environmental problems through agriculture, and practicing for the realization of a carbon-neutral city by 2045.

Meanwhile, to expand urban agriculture participants, Gwangju City is conducting promotional activities encouraging those who have vacant land or rooftops of 100㎡ or more, or farmland for weekend farms, to gather five or more households and register as an ‘Urban Agriculture Community’ with the relevant autonomous district office.

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