Haenam-gun, Preliminary Feasibility Study for Agro-Food Climate Change Response Center 'Confirmed'

Ministry of Economy and Finance Conducts Preliminary Feasibility Study for Over a Year, Early Project Promotion Green Light

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[Haenam＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] The project to establish the Agricultural and Food Climate Change Response Center in Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, has been selected as a preliminary feasibility study target project by the Ministry of Economy and Finance's Fiscal Project Evaluation Committee, signaling a green light for the project's advancement.

According to Haenam-gun on the 4th, the Agricultural and Food Climate Change Response Center will undergo a preliminary feasibility study for about one year to decide whether to proceed with the project.

The Agricultural and Food Climate Change Response Center is a national project with a total investment of 407.9 billion KRW and is scheduled to be built in the Samsan-myeon area of Haenam-gun by 2025.

Following the final evaluation by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs last September, which selected Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do as the site, the preliminary feasibility study was immediately applied for.

Haenam-gun, together with Jeollanam-do, actively explained the urgency of national tasks such as climate change response and carbon neutrality, emphasizing the need for the early establishment of the Agricultural and Food Climate Change Response Center, resulting in the project's selection as a target.

County Governor Myung Hyun-gwan also met with Minister Kim Hyun-soo of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and related officials last month to discuss cooperation for the center's establishment and explained Haenam-gun's support plans for the swift advancement of the project.

The county plans to establish an Agricultural and Food Climate Change Response Team to oversee support-related tasks for the center, and also form a support group in architecture, civil engineering, electrical, and communication fields to build a system supporting the overall construction.

Additionally, before the Ministry of Economy and Finance's preliminary feasibility study period, the county will complete permit procedures such as changes to the management plan and accelerate progress by pre-establishing social infrastructure like access roads and auxiliary facilities through a consultative body among related organizations.

Along with the construction of the Agricultural and Food Climate Change Response Center, the establishment of related and rear facilities such as Haenam-gun's Climate Change Response Agricultural and Food Research Center is expected to generate a direct and indirect economic ripple effect of about 790 billion KRW and create approximately 3,800 new related jobs.

The county plans to make every effort to secure national budget funding and ensure smooth project progress along with the prompt passage of the Ministry of Economy and Finance's preliminary feasibility study.

Governor Myung Hyun-gwan welcomed the selection as a preliminary feasibility study target project, saying, "The Agricultural and Food Climate Change Response Center is a critical project that requires early operation not only for Haenam and Jeollanam-do but also at the national level. Through the prompt implementation of the Climate Change Response Center project, it is expected that speedy project advancement will be possible in fields such as agriculture that require climate change response."

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

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