Jeongeup-si Selected for 'Livestock Odor Improvement Contest Project'

[Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jae-gil] Jeongeup City, Jeollabuk-do (Mayor Yoo Jin-seop) announced on the 24th that it was finally selected as the top city in Jeollabuk-do in the ‘2022 Livestock Odor Improvement Contest Project’ hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

It ranks third nationwide.

With this contest project selection, the city plans to secure a project budget of 3 billion KRW and focus on improving citizens' quality of life through odor resolution and creating a sustainable livestock environment.

This contest project proceeded through a two-stage evaluation, with 50 cities and counties from 12 provinces nationwide applying, followed by provincial self-evaluation and central evaluation by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

The city was selected as the final project site due to high evaluations in its willingness to improve livestock odor, problem identification, and improvement measures.

It plans to minimize odor emissions by establishing purification discharge facilities, odor reduction facilities, and composting facilities targeting 30 farms in the region.

Separately, the city plans to focus on improving the livestock environment by additionally allocating 1.2 billion KRW of its own budget to support facilities and equipment necessary for livestock odor improvement.

The city has continuously faced environmental issues such as water pollution caused by large amounts of livestock manure and complaints due to odor.

Accordingly, Mayor Yoo selected the livestock odor reduction system construction project as a pledge project of the 7th local government term upon taking office and has been focusing on preparing solutions for livestock odor.

He also made strenuous efforts to secure project selection by directly visiting the Ministry of Science and ICT and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs to explain the feasibility and expected effects of the project for inclusion as a national project.

In particular, aiming to achieve a 70% reduction in livestock odor, the city has established and is implementing the ‘Five-Year Plan for Livestock Odor Reduction Measures (2020?2024)’ to fundamentally solve odor problems.

The city plans to operate a livestock odor monitoring team and establish a comprehensive livestock odor control center to prepare a real-time monitoring and immediate response system.

Mayor Yoo Jin-seop said, “Recently, as the livestock industry has become more specialized and large-scale, social conflicts such as complaints due to odor have intensified. Through this contest project, we will do our best to meet citizens’ expectations for a pleasant living environment and create a sustainable livestock environment.”

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