Geochang-gun Excellent Medicinal Crop Farms... Gyeongnam Provincial Council Economic and Environmental Committee Field Visit

Visited Morisup Farm and Namdeokyu Sansamwon
Collected reference materials for legislative activities
Listened to difficulties faced by forestry workers

Gyeongnam Provincial Council Economic and Environmental Committee Field Visit to Excellent Medicinal Crop Farms [Image Source=Geochang-gun]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] As a standard model for private forest management attracting attention through income and job creation via forestry, on the 9th, the Economic and Environmental Committee of the Gyeongnam Provincial Council visited Mori Forest Farm, an excellent medicinal crop forest owner in Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam, and Namdeokyu Sansamwon.

This field visit was conducted as an on-site legislative activity of the Economic and Environmental Committee of the Gyeongnam Provincial Council to collect reference materials for legislative activities by checking the actual status of medicinal crop planting and to listen to the difficulties of forestry workers to reflect them in policies.

At the site visit, Kwon Young-ik, a forestry worker at Mori Forest Farm, applied for patents and trademarks using the indigenous Nokak tree in the Buk-sang-myeon area of Geochang-gun, launched the first domestic Nokak tea, and is realizing the 6th industry including a monorail and wild ginseng digging experience.

Also, Seo Jae-seok, a forestry worker at Namdeokyu Sansamwon, has established a large-scale wild ginseng production complex of more than 16 hectares in the Byeonggok-ri area of Buk-sang-myeon, obtained national certification for eco-friendly agricultural products, and was selected as a private wild ginseng seed production site by the Korea Forestry Promotion Institute.

Choi Young-ho, Deputy Governor of Geochang, guided the site and expressed his gratitude for the visit with interest in medicinal crops, saying, “Thank you for visiting the county with interest in medicinal crops,” and suggested, “I hope the voices from the field will be reflected in forest policies and that the Gyeongnam Provincial Council will actively support forestry workers to create income.”

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