Namhae-gun to Purchase 2,147 Tons of Grade 1 or Higher Dried Rice from 2022 Harvest Farmers

Namhae-gun Office, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Song Jong-gu] Namhae-gun, Gyeongnam Province, has established a purchase plan for market isolation rice of the 2022 crop and will promote the purchase of 2,147 tons of market isolation rice simultaneously with the purchase of public reserve rice starting November 1.

Namhae-gun plans to purchase a total of 5,673 tons, including 3,526 tons of public reserve rice and 2,147 tons of market isolation rice, by the end of December. This amount is 2,882 tons more than the previous year's harvest season purchase volume (2,791 tons), accounting for about 40% of the local rice production.

This market isolation rice purchase differs from previous efforts in that it is not a post-purchase but a ‘simultaneous purchase of public reserve rice during the harvest season’ and uses the ‘same purchase price as public reserve rice’ instead of the lowest bid. However, it remains the same in that the rice must pass the ‘grade 1 or higher rice inspection standard.’

The rice varieties subject to purchase are Haedam rice and Saeilmi, which are the varieties purchased for public reserve rice in Namhae-gun. If varieties other than the designated ones are shipped as market isolation rice, they will be excluded from the purchase targets for public reserve rice and market isolation rice for five years.

Jung Kwang-su, Director of Agricultural Technology, said, “Simultaneous purchase of public reserve rice and market isolation rice during the harvest season will be effective for stabilizing rice prices and farm management,” and added, “We ask farmers to comply with inspection standards for smooth purchase inspections.”

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