Yeongam-gun and Y-Mart Sign Win-Win Cooperation Agreement

Activation of Distribution for Agricultural Specialties, Implementation of Strategies to Increase Farm Income

Yeongam County held a win-win cooperation agreement ceremony for mutual growth through the production and distribution of local agricultural specialties with Y-Mart Logistics, a major distribution company in Gwangju and Jeonnam. Photo by Yeongam County

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jun-kyung] Yeongam County announced on the 23rd that it held a 'win-win cooperation business agreement ceremony for mutual growth through the production and distribution of local agricultural specialty products' with Y-Mart Logistics, a major distribution company in Gwangju and Jeonnam.

The agreement ceremony was held to revitalize the local economy and increase farm income, attended by County Governor Woo Seung-hee, Y-Mart Logistics Chairman Kim Seong-jin, Chairman Na Byung-soo of the Jaegwang Geumjeong-myeon Hometown Association, and Logistics Headquarters Director Lim Chae-sang.

Through mutual cooperation between the two organizations, they plan to pioneer sales channels for excellent local agricultural specialty products and secure sales channels for local agricultural products by providing safe agricultural specialty products to consumers in large cities through direct transactions.

The main contents of the agreement include ▲expanding the priority purchase of agricultural specialty products from Yeongam ▲sustainable development of agricultural distribution ▲quality control for the production of high-quality excellent agricultural products and differentiated specialty products ▲guidance on agricultural production and support for sales channels.

Kim Seong-jin, chairman of Y-Mart Logistics, is from Geumjeong-myeon, Yeongam County, and is carrying out a special hometown love campaign. After the agreement ceremony, Chairman Kim donated 5 million won to the County Scholarship Foundation for nurturing local talents and 5,000 KF-94 masks for COVID-19 quarantine.

County Governor Woo Seung-hee said, “I am pleased that a win-win cooperation agreement ceremony was held to promote the sale of excellent agricultural specialty products from the Yeongam region,” and added, “We will do our best so that this becomes an opportunity for mutual growth with Y-Mart Logistics and that local agricultural specialty products receive fair prices and contribute to farm income.”

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