Jeongeup-si Accepts Additional Applications for Various Support Projects Including Farming Settlement for Returnees

Jeongeup City in Jeollabuk-do is accepting additional applications for various support projects aimed at the stable agricultural settlement of returnees to farming and the revitalization of attracting urban residents to return to farming and rural areas.

According to the city on the 30th, the ‘Returnee Farmer Agricultural Settlement Support Project’ is a program that supports returnee farmers starting agriculture by providing agricultural machinery, greenhouses, orchard establishment, purchase of seedlings and rhizomes, etc., to help them settle stably.

Jeongeup City is accepting additional applications for various support projects aimed at the stable agricultural settlement of returnees to farming and the revitalization of attracting urban residents to return to farming and rural areas.
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Returnee farmers under the age of 65 receive 50% support based on 16 million KRW per household (with the remaining amount self-funded), while married couples in their 20s and 30s receive 100% support based on 12 million KRW, further reducing the burden of returning to farming and rural living for the younger generation.

Also, the ‘Returnee Farmer and Rural Migrant Housing Construction Design Fee Support Project’ provides 50% support of up to 6 million KRW per household for design fees to returnees who wish to build new houses in rural areas, helping secure stable living spaces.

Applicants must be household heads under 65 years old who have moved from urban areas outside Jeongeup City to rural areas within the region and have been returnee farmers or rural migrants for less than five years.

Those wishing to apply for the project can do so through the administrative welfare centers in their respective towns, townships, or neighborhoods by the 22nd of next month.

An official from the Agricultural Technology Center said, “Since the mandatory education hours required for application have been relaxed from 100 hours to 80 hours, we hope many returnee farmers and rural migrants will apply and benefit from the support.”

Detailed information can be found on the city hall website and at the administrative welfare centers in towns, townships, and neighborhoods.

Jeongeup = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Jaegil baekok@asiae.co.kr

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