Gyeongnam Nonghyup "Currently Thinning Persimmons" ... Helping Hands During Farming Season

On the 11th, Gyeongnam Nonghyup visited the persimmon farming households in Un-gye Village, Sacheon-si, Gyeongnam, who are struggling with a shortage of agricultural labor during the farming season, to provide assistance with farm work.

About 40 Nonghyup executives and employees, including Lee Chang-hoon, Deputy Head of Gyeongnam Nonghyup, Jo Yoon-hwan, Head of Nonghyup Sacheon Branch, Choi Yong-jun, Chairman of Sacheon Nonghyup, and members of the Rural-Urban Win-Win National Movement Headquarters, participated in thinning persimmons together.

Employees of Gyeongnam Nonghyup are thinning persimmons at a persimmon farm in Un-gye Village, Sacheon City, on the 11th. [Image provided by Gyeongnam Nonghyup]

This labor assistance, conducted jointly with the Rural-Urban Win-Win National Movement Headquarters, was organized to help farming households facing difficulties due to rural aging, labor shortages, and rising labor costs.

Kim Nam-guk, a farmer in Un-gye Village, said, “Although this is the peak time for thinning persimmons, the shortage of labor was a big concern, but the active help from Nonghyup employees has been a great support to our farm.”

Deputy Head Lee said, “We carried out this rural labor assistance to provide even a little support to farms lacking labor,” adding, “Nonghyup will actively promote rural labor assistance to become a pillar for agriculture and rural areas struggling with labor shortages during the farming season and take the lead in practicing the 100-year Nonghyup of togetherness.”

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