Gwangju Gwangsan-gu Hanguk Woorimil Nonghyup Awarded 'Excellent Domestic Wheat Production Complex'

Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 13th that the Korea Woorimil Agricultural Cooperative was selected as the grand prize winner in the '2023 Excellent Domestic Wheat Production Complex Evaluation' hosted by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs.

Korea Woorimil Agricultural Cooperative is the largest wheat production complex in the country with 1,792 members, distributing 8,000 tons of wheat annually, accounting for 15% of the national wheat production.

In this evaluation, the cooperative received high praise for developing and selling over 60 products such as 'Woorimil Glutinous Wheat Flour' and 'Woorimil Makgeolli' based on its own processing facilities to expand the market for domestic wheat.

The district actively supported the expansion of a stable production base for domestic wheat in cooperation with Korea Woorimil Agricultural Cooperative.

For the domestic wheat production complex, it provided production cost support, education, and professional consulting, while making various efforts to promote consumption activation, including hometown love donation return gifts and supplying domestic wheat products to public meal support centers.

Through these efforts, Korea Woorimil Agricultural Cooperative achieved sales of 11 billion KRW in 2023, a 10% increase from 10 billion KRW last year.

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