Miryang-si Launches Spring Season Rural Labor Assistance Program

Miryang City in Gyeongnam Province launched a rural labor support initiative on the 23rd at an apple orchard located in Sannae-myeon, marking the beginning of the full-scale farming season.

At the work site that day, Mayor Park Il-ho and staff from the Agricultural Technology Center participated in apple thinning work to assist farms struggling to secure labor due to recent aging and other factors.

Park Il-ho, Mayor of Miryang, Spring Season Rural Labor Assistance.
[Image provided by Miryang City]

Mayor Park said, “I hope this labor support provides some help to farms during this difficult time of labor shortage, and we will strive to prepare more practical support measures for farms to expand the workforce.”

Meanwhile, the city has designated the period until June 30 as the labor support promotion period to address the shortage of labor during the farming season, which requires intensive short-term labor input due to the recent decline and aging of the rural population, and will support each department to provide labor assistance at least once.

The Agricultural Technology Center and the Eup/Myeon/Dong Administrative Welfare Centers operate a rural labor support promotion center to connect farms lacking labor with those willing to provide assistance.

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