Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Explores Execution Plan for 'Advancing Agricultural Product Distribution Structure'

Hosting of Interagency Workshop

[Asia Economy Sejong=Reporter Ju Sang-don] The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on the 8th that it will hold a two-day workshop starting from the 8th to promote the 'Advancement of Agricultural Product Distribution Structure.'

This workshop was organized as part of the Yoon Seok-yeol administration's national agenda to explore the roles of each institution and specific implementation plans for the successful promotion of the agricultural product distribution structure advancement plan announced by the government on the 10th of last month. About 50 senior executives from key related organizations, including Korea Agro-Fisheries & Food Trade Corporation (aT), the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation, Rural Development Administration, Korea Rural Economic Institute, and the Wholesale Corporation Association, will attend.

On the first day of the workshop, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs will explain the government's agricultural product distribution structure advancement plan and its policy promotion intentions. Regarding the three core tasks of the agricultural product distribution structure advancement plan, aT will present the introduction of an online agricultural product wholesale market and improvements to the wholesale market distribution structure, while the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation will present its role and detailed implementation plans for building smart Agricultural Product Distribution Centers (APC), and propose related new projects.

The Ministry plans to finalize the detailed 2023 agricultural product distribution structure advancement plan reflecting the discussion results, operate a system to check the implementation status of each institution monthly, and actively pursue achievements such as establishing and actually operating the agricultural product online wholesale market within the year.

Fruits such as apples and pears are up for auction on the 27th at the Garak Agricultural and Marine Products Wholesale Market in Songpa-gu, Seoul, three weeks before the nation's biggest holiday, Chuseok. Photo by Jinhyung Kang aymsdream@

On the second day, participants will visit the Maninsan Nonghyup Smart Agricultural Product Distribution Center located in Geumsan-gun, Chungnam, which was completed on November 3rd last year. At this site, they will examine successful cases where automation equipment was reinforced in existing agricultural product distribution centers, and data-based management system operations were introduced to resolve labor shortages and increase the quantity of commercialized products.

Kim Jong-gu, Director of Distribution and Consumption Policy at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, said, "We will transform the production area distribution structure into smart Agricultural Product Distribution Centers, and in consumption areas, along with institutional improvements in wholesale market distribution structures, we will establish an agricultural product online wholesale market." He added, "We will make this year the first year of innovation to build a distribution and logistics system foundation that supplies products desired by consumers in large quantities stably throughout the year."

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