"Come to Uiryeong, the Heart of Gyeongnam and a Great Place to Live, for Returning to Farming and Rural Life"

Uiryeong-gun Participates in '2023 A FARM SHOW Changnong and Returning to Farming Hometown Love Expo'

County Governor Oh Tae-wan Volunteers as Ambassador... "Uiryeong Offers Many Benefits and Is a Great Place to Live"

Uiryeong-gun, Gyeongnam Province announced that it will participate in the ‘2023 A FARM SHOW’ hometown love fair for start-up farming and returning to farming, held from the 1st to the 3rd at the aT Center in Yangjae-dong, Seoul.

Uiryeong-gun Participates in the Returning to Farming and Hometown Love Expo.
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At this fair, Uiryeong-gun Governor Oh Tae-wan personally attended and took on the role of ambassador for promoting returning to farming and rural living in Uiryeong-gun, putting great effort into publicity.

Held on the largest scale ever, the start-up farming and returning to farming hometown love fair involved over 100 local governments nationwide, including Gyeongsangnam-do and Uiryeong-gun, as well as more than 150 institutions and companies. It was organized to introduce comprehensive support policies to urban residents hoping to return to farming and rural areas, and this year marks its 10th edition.

The county set up a promotional booth at the fair to share success stories of young farmers in Uiryeong, promote and exhibit clean agricultural and specialty products, provide consultations on returning to farming and rural living, and conduct promotional activities aimed at expanding sales channels for local agricultural products and attracting urban residents.

Governor Oh enthusiastically promoted to visitors the geographical advantages of ‘Uiryeong, the center of Gyeongnam,’ as well as distinctive and beneficial county support projects for settling returning farmers, and start-up support projects for young returning farmers.

The county reported that the population returning to farming and rural living from the Seoul and Gyeonggi metropolitan areas has steadily increased each year, with ‘7.7% in 2021, 9% in 2022, and 11% in the first half of 2023,’ and that last year, 377 young returning farming households moved into the county, an increase of 140 households compared to the previous year, showing clear results from the returning farming and rural living policies.

Meanwhile, on the same day, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo attended the start-up farming and returning to farming hometown love fair as a government representative, toured the young farmers’ promotional booth with Governor Oh and others, encouraged young farmers, and held a session explaining the potential for agricultural development as a future industry and support measures.

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