Haenam-gun Selected for Vegetable Shipment Control Facility Construction Contest

Secured 10 Billion KRW in Project Funds, Positive Signal for Supply Control of Open-Field Vegetables like Baechu

Harvesting winter cabbage. (Photo by Haenam-gun)

[Haenam＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan) has been selected for the "Vegetable Shipment Control Facility Support Project" hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, securing a project budget of 10 billion KRW.

According to the county on the 15th, the Vegetable Shipment Control Facility Support Project involves creating large-scale cold storage facilities to enable the control of agricultural product shipments at production sites for open-field vegetables, which experience significant production and price fluctuations.

The construction of shipment control facilities capable of regional supply and demand adjustment is the first in the Jeonnam area. The shipment control center will be built on a 40,966㎡ site in Cheongyong-ri, Hwawon-myeon, with Hwawon Nonghyup as the project entity, including 6,600㎡ of cold storage, 396㎡ of pre-cooling facilities, and 661㎡ of office and hygiene rooms.

Haenam-gun, which holds the largest open-field vegetable cultivation area nationwide including winter cabbage accounting for 70% of national production, is expected to resolve repeated on-site disposal and supply-demand instability through the establishment of shipment facilities.

Haenam-gun broke away from the top-down government project selection by proactively proposing the construction of shipment control facilities to the government first and actively worked to spread policy consensus through visits to the Ministry of Agriculture, Jeonnam Province, and the National Assembly.

Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan also actively explained the necessity of a wide-area horticultural vegetable shipment control center through multiple visits to central government agencies, leading to the inclusion of the new project.

This project selection was made by comprehensively evaluating factors such as production site conditions by item, supply and demand management capabilities, operation of producer-centered consultative bodies, and supply and demand management programs through on-site inspections and presentation evaluations.

Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan stated, "The supply and demand control facility is an essential project for Haenam, the main production area of cabbage, and is expected to greatly contribute to stabilizing the supply and demand of open-field vegetables, including the expansion of contract farming in the Jeonnam region," adding, "It is also anticipated to serve as a government raw material stockpile base in the western Jeonnam area, capable of storing up to 2,000 tons of volume at one time, not only controlling the supply and demand of open-field vegetables such as cabbage and onions."

Haenam＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun kh0424@asiae.co.kr

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