Incheon City Supports '1,000 Won Breakfast' at 7 Universities... Also Provides 8 Tons of 'Ganghwa Rice'

Incheon City announced on the 15th that it will support the 'Thousand-Won Breakfast' project at seven local universities starting from the second semester of this year to promote the culture of eating breakfast and boost rice consumption.

The support targets universities selected for the Thousand-Won Breakfast project led by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, including Incheon National University, Inha University, Inha Technical College, Gyeongin National University of Education (Incheon Campus), Yonsei University (International Campus), Cheongwoon University (Incheon Campus), and Gachon University (Medical Campus).

The city plans to provide these universities with 1,000 won in cash per meal and a total of 8 tons of Ganghwa rice. This is separate from the 1,000 won per meal support provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

To ensure the swift implementation of the breakfast project, the city secured 90 million won in the first supplementary budget and decided to support Ganghwa rice, a representative local specialty of Incheon, as part of the original project purpose to expand rice consumption, promote urban-rural cooperation, and welfare policies.

While the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' Thousand-Won Breakfast project has expanded in scale due to increasing student demand and rising budgets by local governments, Incheon City is the first to directly support rice produced locally.

An official from Incheon City said, "With the implementation of the Incheon-style Thousand-Won Breakfast project using Ganghwa rice, we expect to provide affordable and high-quality meals to university students in Incheon and contribute to the expansion of local specialty consumption."

Students are receiving meals to have the 'Thousand Won Breakfast.' Photo by Dongju Yoon doso7@

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