Hapcheon-gun Supports Largest Agricultural Machinery Purchase Costs in the Province

Expectations for Resolving Labor Shortage in Rural Areas

Agricultural Machinery Supply Support Project in Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 27th that it will promote the agricultural machinery supply support project (customized agricultural machinery support project, small and medium-sized agricultural machinery support project) on the largest scale in Gyeongnam to resolve labor shortages caused by aging and feminization in rural areas.

Eligible farms for this support are those who have their address in Hapcheon-gun and are registered as agricultural management entities. Only agricultural machinery listed in the 'Government Supported Agricultural Machinery Catalog' is eligible, and models with a loan support limit of less than 1 million KRW are excluded.

Hapcheon-gun has secured a project budget of 2.8 billion KRW to reduce production costs for farms and enhance agricultural competitiveness by producing high-quality agricultural products through the agricultural machinery supply support project, and plans to complete the project before the busy farming season for farming convenience.

Ha Won-su, Director of Agricultural Distribution Division, said, "This will reduce the burden of purchasing agricultural machinery for farmers facing difficulties, solve problems such as labor shortages caused by the aging rural population and the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic leading to the non-arrival of foreign workers, as well as rising labor costs, and contribute to stable farming activities."

In Hapcheon-gun, to prevent fraudulent receipt and duplicate support of agricultural machinery subsidies, the agricultural machinery subsidy support system was established nationwide for the first time in 2008, systematically managing subsidy application, recipient selection, and post-management, becoming a role model for local governments nationwide.

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