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Yeongcheon City, Gyeongbuk, has selected beneficiaries for the Yeongcheon Garlic Seedling Renewal Support Project and will supply 314 tons of self-produced seed garlic to 325 farms within the region.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yeo Jong-gu] Yeongcheon City, Gyeongbuk, has selected beneficiaries for the Yeongcheon Garlic Seed Clove Renewal Support Project and will supply 314 tons of self-produced seed cloves to 325 farms in the area.

The garlic seed clove renewal support project is implemented to resolve ongoing issues of garlic quality deterioration caused by various pests, diseases, and virus infections in local garlic farming households.

Garlic seed cloves are resistant to various pests and diseases and increase yield by about 10?30%, but cultivation and sorting require significant costs and effort, and the production period takes 2 to 3 years, making it difficult for individual farms to produce them.

Accordingly, Yeongcheon City will distribute 15,715 bags (20 kg each) of high-quality seed cloves produced at the Hwasan Nonghyup Garlic Seed Clove facility, the first of its kind nationwide, to local garlic farming households.

In addition, to enable local garlic farmers to renew their seed cloves without financial burden, the city plans to support the price difference of 700 KRW per kilogram between regular seed cloves and self-produced seed cloves by providing 220 million KRW in seed clove purchase subsidies to local garlic farmers.

Choi Ki-moon, mayor of Yeongcheon City, said, “Through this garlic seed clove renewal support, we expect an increase in garlic production and improvement in quality. In the future, we plan to enhance the status of Yeongcheon garlic by developing the Yeongcheon Seed Garlic brand to differentiate it from garlic from other regions.”

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