Yeonggwang-gun Recruiting Participants for 'Living in the Countryside' Program Until April 2

[Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong] Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do is recruiting new participants for the 2023 Living in the Countryside program.

According to the county on the 20th, the "Living in the Countryside" program is designed to help prospective farmers and returnees experience rural life by living in the countryside before actually moving, providing opportunities to interact with local residents and supporting successful settlement.

There are three types: the "Farming Type," which focuses on acquiring local crop cultivation techniques; the "Returning Type," which aims to understand rural life and interact with residents; and the "Project Type," where young people plan and execute projects in the countryside.

3-Month Project of Living in Yeonggwang Rural Area.
[Photo by Yeonggwang-gun]

The county operates the "Project Type" in two terms from April to October, each lasting three months, and any young person (under 40 years old) living in urban areas can apply.

Especially, the strength of this year's "Living in the Countryside Project Type" is that it provides useful information for employment and entrepreneurship when returning or moving to the countryside through field visits to successful youth resident business startups in Yeonggwang-gun, experiences of advanced social economy enterprises, and the Farming and Returning Exploration Project.

The application period is until April 2, and young people who wish to participate can apply on the Farming and Returning website. Final participants will be selected through document screening and interviews.

Ko Yoonja, director of the Agricultural Technology Center, said, "We hope many urban residents will participate in 'Living in the Countryside' to reduce trial and error in settling in rural areas and to settle stably in the region."

Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Jeonseong baekok@asiae.co.kr

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