Geuinmo, Geochang County Governor, Visits Youth Management Practice Rental Farm Site

Current Status of Rental Farm Strawberry Cultivation Facilities and Encouragement for Young Farmers

Gu In-mo, the governor of Geochang County, Gyeongnam, visited the youth management practice rental farm together with county council members.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] Gu In-mo, the mayor of Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam, announced on the 30th that he visited the Youth Management Practice Rental Farm located in Daepyeong-ri, Geochang-eup, together with 11 members of the county council.

The on-site visit proceeded in the order of explaining the creation process of the Youth Management Practice Rental Farm, the current status of strawberry cultivation, and a smart farm demonstration, and they also picked and tasted strawberries directly.

The Youth Management Practice Rental Farm was selected in 2020 as a project by the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries to realize the dreams of young people aspiring to return to farming, establishing four linked greenhouses, and in 2021, it was selected for an additional smart farm facility installation through the Ministry of the Interior and Safety’s region-led New Deal project.

The eligibility criteria for tenants of the rental farm are young farmers under 40 years old with less than three years of farming experience, and they operate the farm for three years through a competitive application process.

The visited farm is jointly cultivating strawberries using smart farm facilities by ‘Hani Farm,’ a Daegu Haany University graduate, and young returning farmers, and from February next year, it plans to operate concurrently as a strawberry picking experience farm.

Lee Geon-hee, CEO of Doelnong, who actively works as a returning farming doctor and guided the farm, said, “I am grateful to be able to operate the farm well with much help from Geochang-gun and the county council,” and added, “Through the Youth Management Practice Rental Farm, we will contribute to the actual population increase by playing a role in giving dreams and hope to prospective returning farmers who wish to return to farming in Geochang-gun.”

Mayor Gu said, “It is wonderful to see young farmers doing so well in strawberry farming and working for agriculture and returning farming in Geochang-gun,” and encouraged, “I hope you will continue to play a leading role in helping many prospective returning farmers visit and settle, making Geochang-gun a good place for returning and rural settlement.”

The Geochang-gun Agricultural Technology Center is promoting 20 projects to attract returning and rural settlers, and for those wishing to return to farming in Geochang-gun, it is implementing the ‘Living in the Countryside’ project, and for those wishing to settle in rural areas, various policies such as ‘Living One Month in the Geochang Experience Village’ are being promoted.

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