Yeongam-gun Joins Hands with Related Organizations to Help Rural Labor Shortage

Gunsanha Public Officials Lead by Example in Helping Hands, Operating 4 Rural Workforce Support Centers

Yeongam-gun has established a rural workforce support plan to alleviate labor shortages during the busy farming season and has started helping with farm work. (Photo by Yeongam-gun)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Seo Young-seo] Yeongam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Jeon Dong-pyeong) announced on the 21st that it has established a rural workforce support plan to resolve labor shortages during the busy farming season and has started helping with farm work.

Due to the unstable supply of foreign labor caused by the impact of COVID-19 and other factors, the shortage of rural labor has worsened. To actively respond to this, on the 10th, the county office and 11 eup/myeon offices set up a rural workforce situation room to prepare for labor shortages during the busy farming season, monitoring and addressing the local labor demand and supply status.

Centered on Yeongam-gun, about 1,000 public officials under the county, along with related local organizations, are actively participating in helping with farm work.

On the 14th, the county office’s Eco-friendly Agriculture Division visited a persimmon farm in Geumgang-ri, Deokjin-myeon, to assist with fruit thinning work, promoting a "one department, one farm" labor support initiative.

Additionally, related local organizations are also actively participating in labor assistance. On the 25th, the Rural Development Administration Yeongam branch will visit farms in Yeongam-eup to start chili pepper stake setting work. On the 26th and 27th, the military base will assist, and on the 28th, the Nonghyup Yeongam County branch will provide labor support. Yeongam Livestock Cooperative and the Korea National Park Service have also committed to participating in labor assistance in early next month.

Separately from farm labor assistance, Yeongam-gun has expanded the Rural Workforce Support Centers from two locations last year to four this year by investing 320 million KRW, and has brokered 3,327 workers so far.

A Yeongam-gun official expressed gratitude, saying, “We thank the various related organizations for actively participating during the labor-short busy farming season.”

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