Hamyang-gun Conducts Comprehensive Survey on Wild Ginseng Seedling Plantation Complex

Goal to Register Pure Hamyang-gun Brand by 2030

Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam Province, is conducting a full-scale survey of the Sansam seed production complex located in Wolpyeong-ri, Hucheon-myeon, until the end of April to register the pure Hamyang-gun brand Sansam seeds by 2030.

The Sansam seed production complex was established in 2013 as part of the "Sambongsan Ecological Mountain Herbal Complex Joint Forestry Project" on a 22-hectare site.

Since 2014, the county has sown and managed 1,733 kg of Sansam seeds and 4,400 four-year-old seedlings on 6.8 hectares of the site until 2022.

Fruits of wild ginseng from Hamyang, Gyeongnam.

This survey is being conducted by deploying about 13 personnel, including responsible officials and temporary workers, to divide the area into 21 zones by sowing year and to assess the survival and growth status of Sansam, with about seven years remaining until the third-generation seeds are harvested in 2030.

After establishing the complex, the county harvested the first-generation seeds in 2020, plans to harvest the second-generation seeds in 2025, and aims to harvest the third-generation pure Hamyang Sansam seeds in 2030 to register them as certified seeds.

Since 2004, Hamyang-gun has specialized in Sansam cultivation to increase income in the mountainous areas that make up most of the county, investing budgets, establishing systems and regulations, and fostering farming households.

Son Gi-wook, head of Sansam Anti-aging and Intestines, said, "Farming households receiving Sansam support are restricted to cultivating at altitudes above 500 meters, and administrative efforts are focused on producing premium Sansam with differentiated strategies and goals from other regions by implementing Sansam guardians and production tracking systems for strict cultivation management."

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