Haenam-gun Wins Grand Prize in Youth Farmer Program Hosted by Rural Development Administration

Cultivating 276 Young Successors in Agriculture... 89 Selected This Year

Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do, has been recognized for achieving the highest results in fostering young farmers who will lead future agriculture.

According to the county on the 9th, it received the grand prize in the 'Excellent Institution for Fostering Young Farmers' evaluation conducted by the Rural Development Administration targeting 175 agricultural technology centers nationwide.

Since 2021, the Rural Development Administration has comprehensively evaluated the performance of young farmer support, job creation, market support, and other projects for fostering and settling young farmers to select excellent institutions. Following last year's excellence award, Haenam-gun has been further recognized with the grand prize this year, elevating its status.

Haenam County conducted training for the recipients of the Young Farmers' Agricultural Settlement Support Project last April. Photo by Haenam County

The fostering of young farmers involves establishing plans for each stage?pre-entry, entry, settlement, and growth?to provide various supports enabling stable settlement in agriculture. In particular, since 2018, including 89 this year, Haenam-gun has selected and nurtured 276 young farming successors, the largest number in Jeollanam-do.

Selected young farmers receive a farming settlement allowance of 900,000 to 1,100,000 KRW per month for up to three years, along with linked support such as startup funds up to 500 million KRW for purchasing or leasing farmland and facilities, preferential guarantees, and priority support for farmland leasing. Additionally, a total of 4.126 billion KRW is invested in 11 projects to support young farmers' management stability, introduction of the latest agricultural technologies, and innovative models.

Support is provided for individual farm consulting and education for stable farming settlement, as well as projects such as the Young 4-H Excellent Project Startup Farmer Development, Young Farmer Startup Support for New Enterprises, Young Farmer Research Club Support, and Young Farmer Farmland Acquisition Support to establish a foundation for young farming. Especially, the project creating six management practice leased farms, which are leased to young farmers for three years, has received great response from novice young farmers lacking farming bases and cultivation skills.

A county official stated, “Taking this award as an opportunity, we will strengthen more innovative and systematic young farmer fostering programs and continue efforts to create rural areas where young people return.”

Haenam-gun plans to expand young farmer exchange and communication programs and continuously promote support projects so that young people can take pride in agriculture and settle stably.

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