Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Conducts Mobile Safety Training for Agricultural Machinery Ahead of Farming Season

Prevention of Agricultural Machinery Safety Accidents Due to Rural Aging Population

Agricultural Machinery Mobile Safety Training Site.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] The Agricultural Technology Center of Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam Province, announced that it is conducting mobile agricultural machinery safety education throughout the year targeting all administrative villages in the area (excluding villages near the agricultural machinery repair center) in preparation for the full-scale farming season.

This mobile agricultural machinery safety education is conducted to resolve inconveniences in agricultural machinery repairs, reduce management costs through self-maintenance, lifespan extension, and safe operation, and to prevent agricultural machinery safety accidents due to the aging rural population.

The in-house mobile safety education team is organized into three groups with six members, and until December 6 of this year, they are visiting 175 villages in the area to provide agricultural machinery repair, self-maintenance technical education, and also carry out the installation of low-speed vehicle signs to prevent traffic accidents involving farmers.

During the farming seasons (May to June, August to November), they plan to operate a ‘Visiting Agricultural Machinery 119 Safety Center’ to resolve difficulties occurring during farm work.

The target machinery includes most agricultural machines that can be maintained and repaired such as tillers, brush cutters, cultivators, binders, and sprayers, with free support for parts up to 70,000 KRW, which is expected to contribute to reducing agricultural machinery maintenance costs.

The director of the county Agricultural Technology Center said, “Through on-site agricultural machinery repair education, we will ensure that farmers’ timely farming is not disrupted, and to prevent the spread of COVID-19, we will conduct the program while strictly adhering to quarantine rules such as prior disinfection, thorough social distancing, and wearing masks.”

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