Hapcheon-gun Provides Customized Agricultural Materials Support... Reducing Labor to Produce High-Quality Rice

Rice Cultivation Area Excluding Direct Seeding at 5,219ha, Supply Completion Target by End of March

Hapcheon County Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 2nd that it will promote a support project for seedling tray soil and granular pesticides to rice cultivation farms to resolve labor shortages due to aging rural workforce and to produce high-quality rice by reducing farming costs.

The seedling tray soil and granular pesticide support project will invest a budget of 1.32 billion KRW for 90-95% (5,219~5,418 hectares) of the rice cultivation area based on 2021.

This project provides one-stop support from seedling tray soil to granular pesticides for rice farms and has received high response from rice farmers.

To solve the difficulty of transporting seedlings grown in heavy ordinary soil and the labor shortage problem, Hapcheon-gun plans to supply high-quality seedling tray soil, the first step in seedling cultivation, by investing 650 million KRW.

An official from the county said, "If safety usage education is not received, rice seeds may rot or the seedling trays may dry out, leading to failure in producing high-quality seedlings, so it is essential to attend the education conducted in the towns and townships."

The target for the supplied seedling tray soil and granular pesticide support this time is rice cultivation farms registered as residents in Hapcheon-gun, and the support limit is up to 5 hectares of rice cultivation area per farm.

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