Jindo-gun Promotes Overcoming Drought in Island Areas

Conducted On-Site Visit to Gasado, Jodo-myeon and Held Meeting on Securing Agricultural Water Supply Measures

[Jindo=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-kyung] Jindo-gun, Jeollanam-do, has taken steps to secure agricultural water, focusing on island areas, to actively cope with the prolonged drought.

According to the county on the 13th, amid continuous drought causing difficulties for island residents, a large-scale maintenance project including support for preliminary seedbed preparation, waterway maintenance, and reservoir dredging is planned.

In particular, dredging work to secure storage capacity will be promoted targeting reservoirs in island areas such as Gasado, where storage capacity has decreased, along with waterway maintenance to prevent agricultural water loss.

Recently, due to concerns about delayed rice planting and crop damage in island areas, Jindo County Council member Park Geum-rye, elected representative Joo Man-jong, officials from the Nonghyup (National Agricultural Cooperative Federation), and public officials visited Gasado in Jodo-myeon to hold a resident participation countermeasure meeting to listen to residents' opinions and discuss drought countermeasures.

In particular, the county is conducting constant monitoring of drought-prone areas, establishing situation rooms by towns and townships to minimize farm damage, implementing rapid on-site response measures, and actively promoting crop cultivation guidelines to overcome drought, doing its best to prevent drought damage.

Residents of Gasado in Jodo-myeon said, “Due to recent insufficient rainfall, the reservoir storage rate is at 30%, and 12 hectares of farmland cannot be transplanted,” adding, “We have high expectations for minimizing drought damage and future drought countermeasures through the on-site visits of the Jindo County Council and Jindo-gun.”

A Jindo-gun Agricultural Support Division official said, “Since island residents have experienced difficulties due to this drought, we will focus on raising reservoir rates through prompt response,” and added, “As droughts are expected to recur annually due to climate change such as global warming, we will prepare for systematic water quantity securing.”

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