Song Miryeong Visits Local Food Direct Store: "Price Reduction of Agricultural and Livestock Products Through Diverse Distribution Channels"

Song Miryeong, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, visited the Wanju Local Food Direct Store Hyoja Branch located in Jeonju, Jeonbuk on the 7th to check the supply and demand trends of agricultural and livestock products and the progress of the discount support project for agricultural and livestock products, and to listen to consumers' opinions.

This visit was a follow-up measure to the Livelihood Economy Inspection Meeting held on March 18th, aimed at checking whether government policies to reduce the burden of grocery prices for the public, such as expanding discount support for agricultural and livestock products, are being properly implemented. To stabilize agricultural and livestock product prices, the government has been rapidly injecting 150 billion won of emergency price stabilization funds since the 18th of last month, and plans to inject unlimited and indefinite emergency agricultural and livestock product price stabilization funds and expand the support targets until grocery prices stabilize and the public can feel the effects.

Song Mi-ryeong, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (file photo)

Minister Song toured the Wanju Local Food Direct Store Hyoja Branch to check the supply and demand trends of major agricultural and livestock products such as fruits and vegetables, and met with direct store officials and consumers to hear on-site public opinion.

At this occasion, Minister Song said, "The government is taking the recent agricultural and livestock product price situation seriously and will mobilize all available resources and means to quickly stabilize the burden of grocery prices for the public. We hope that the public can fully enjoy the benefits of price reductions for agricultural and livestock products supported by the government through various distribution channels frequently used by the public, such as local food direct stores, and we ask that you purchase a lot of local agricultural products that contribute to securing sales channels for small and medium-sized farms and creating local jobs."

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