Sancheong-gun Promotes Medicinal Herb Production Infrastructure Project... Subsidy Support for Cultivating Farms

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[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam, is promoting support projects to solidify the production foundation of medicinal herbs, which form the basis of the traditional Korean medicine herbal industry.

On the 7th, Sancheong-gun announced that it will carry out the "2022 Medicinal Herb Production Foundation Establishment Project," focusing on supporting stable production of traditional medicinal herbs and creating a "Strategic Medicinal Herb Specialized Complex."

The "Medicinal Herb Production Foundation Establishment Project" is a program that focuses on fostering Sancheong-gun's strategic medicinal herbs while supporting the stable cultivation of other medicinal crops besides the strategic herbs.

In particular, ahead of the 2023 Sancheong World Traditional Medicine and Anti-Aging Expo, the plan is to strengthen the basic capabilities of farmers to ensure stable medicinal herb production.

The "Strategic Medicinal Herb Specialized Complex" project aims to cultivate four items?balloon flower root (Doraji), ginger, safflower, and Polygonatum (Choseokjam)?as Sancheong-gun's strategic medicinal herbs, which are easy to process and develop into products.

Support for stable production of traditional medicinal herbs is a subsidy program for cultivating medicinal crops other than the four strategic herbs, providing seeds (rhizomes, seedlings) and covering agricultural materials needed for cultivation.

The county is recruiting local farmers who wish to participate in this project. Eligibility requires having a residence in Sancheong-gun and being actively engaged in farming or being part of a medicinal herb producers' organization.

A county official said, "The Medicinal Herb Production Foundation Establishment Project is aimed at the stable production of 'medicinal herbs,' which are the foundation of the traditional Korean medicine anti-aging industry, a future growth engine for not only Sancheong-gun but also Gyeongnam Province. We ask for the active interest and participation of local medicinal crop farmers."

Meanwhile, Sancheong-gun conducted a medicinal herb cultivation statistical survey this summer in preparation for hosting the 2023 Sancheong World Traditional Medicine and Anti-Aging Expo.

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