Seunghwa Lee, Sancheong County Governor, Receives 'Leading Award for Revitalizing Return to Farming'

Lee Seunghwa, the governor of Sancheong-gun, Gyeongnam, received the 2023 ‘Leading Figure in Return-to-Farming Activation Award’ from the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation.

The ‘Leading Figure in Return-to-Farming Activation Award’ is presented by the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation to recognize individuals who have made significant contributions to improving the quality of life for farmers through rural culture, welfare, and other efforts.

Lee Seunghwa, the governor of Sancheong County, received the 2023 'Leading Figure in Revitalizing Return to Farming Award' from the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation. From left to right: Kim Byunghwan, head of Sancheong County branch; Lee Seunghwa, governor; Cho Changho, chairman of Sancheong County Nonghyup.
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The county stated, “We received high evaluations for being selected as an excellent local government for successful return-to-farming and happy rural resettlement, exemplary return-to-farming and rural resettlement activities with the local community, and actively promoting the county’s distinctive return-to-farming and rural resettlement support policies.”

They added, “The support projects for agricultural start-ups and housing purchases for returnees, moving expense support for returnees, and new farmer settlement support projects were also greatly reflected in the evaluation for leading to the successful settlement of return-to-farming and rural resettlement individuals and contributing to the revitalization of rural areas.”

Governor Lee said, “I am pleased to receive the Leading Figure in Return-to-Farming Activation Award, one of the most prestigious awards hosted by the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation,” and added, “I accept this as encouragement to actively implement return-to-farming policies for agricultural development and activation, and I will do my best to build a sustainable future agricultural infrastructure to increase income and promote activation for returnees.”

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