The Future of K-Fruit: Yeongdeok County Accepts Applications for FTA Fund High-Quality Orchard Facility Modernization Project

In the era of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, the future of agriculture depends on becoming 'smart'.

Yeongdeok County in North Gyeongsang Province is accepting applications until December 10 for the '2026 FTA Fund High-Quality Orchard Facility Modernization Project', which aims to enhance the competitiveness of local fruit farms.

The 2026 project will invest a total of 1.196 billion won, including national funds, local funds, and self-financing, to support production infrastructure such as variety renewal, groundwater wells, and drainage facilities, as well as disaster prevention facilities like irrigation and fertigation systems, micro-sprinklers, windbreak nets, and bird repellents.

In particular, for disaster prevention facilities, orchards established after December 31, 2024, are also eligible to apply, considering their relevance to agricultural disasters.

Eligible applicants are apple, peach, and pear orchard operators who participate in the integrated production and distribution organization according to the horticultural industry development plan and whose orchards were established before December 31, 2024. Farms without a record of participation in the integrated production and distribution organization (agricultural cooperative) may apply if they sign a shipment agreement at the time of application and ship this year's harvest under that condition.

However, farms will be excluded from support if they have unregistered agricultural land, non-agricultural comprehensive income exceeding 37 million won, a record of withdrawing from a project within the past three years, have applied for the same project for the same land within the past five years, or installed facilities in advance before being selected as a beneficiary.

Applicants should submit their applications to the Daekyeong Apple Horticultural Cooperative Yeongdeok Economic Office, Yeongdeok Nonghyup Ugokgan-i Branch or Jipum Branch, or the North Yeongdeok Nonghyup Changsu Branch.

Yeongdeok County plans to actively promote this project so that more farms can benefit, and to strengthen the competitiveness of local fruit farms by establishing production infrastructure and reducing production costs.

Yeongdeok County Office.

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