Iman-gyu, Chairman of Daegu City Council, "Daegu Also Has 7,000 Agricultural Population, Must Listen to Farmers' Voices"
City Council Members and Staff Join Efforts to Support Rural Communities
On the 25th, starting from 8 a.m., the Daegu Metropolitan Council took part in helping rural areas facing labor shortages by assisting with garlic and onion harvesting at a farm in Hanjeong-ri, Yuga-eup, Dalseong-gun, Daegu.
On this day, about 40 members of the Daegu Metropolitan Council, including Chairman Lee Mankyu, Vice Chairman Lee Youngae, and council staff, visited the farm in Hanjeong-ri, Yuga-eup, Dalseong-gun, and worked alongside farmers to harvest garlic and onions, sweating together in the effort.
Chairman Im Mankyu of the Daegu Metropolitan Council, along with Daegu city council members and staff, visited the onion and garlic harvesting site in Habin-myeon, Dalseong-gun to assist with farm labor.
View original imageThe Daegu Metropolitan Council joined this labor assistance event promoted by Daegu Nonghyup to address the rural labor shortage issue and to revitalize local agriculture by utilizing idle urban manpower.
The Daegu Metropolitan Council’s rural labor assistance team arrived early in the morning to efficiently support busy farms during the peak farming season, helping with the shortage of labor and harvesting garlic with residents, experiencing agricultural work firsthand and collecting voices from the farmers on site.
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Chairman Lee Mankyu of Daegu City said, “It was a rewarding time to be able to help farms facing labor shortages due to youth population outflow and aging,” adding, “Once Gunwi-gun is incorporated, the agricultural population of Daegu City will increase by more than 7,000 people, and the farmland area will double. Based on today’s experience and the voices of farmers, we will strive to develop policies that can help Daegu’s agriculture, such as addressing rural labor shortages and opening new markets for agricultural products.”
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