Yeongam-gun Holds Meeting with Jeonnam Province to Discuss Fig Cold Damage Countermeasures

Dobi 2.1 Billion Support Proposal... So Young-ho, Jeonnam Province Director, Listens to Opinions of Cultivating Farmers and Related Parties

On the 6th, So Young-ho, former Director of Agriculture, Livestock, and Food of Jeonnam Province, visited the county and held a meeting with about 10 people, including cultivation farmers. (Photo by Yeongam-gun)

[Yeongam＝Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Jeollanam-do Yeongam-gun announced on the 21st that amid the worst cold damage ever to the specialized crop fig, So Young-ho, Director of the Jeonnam Provincial Department of Agriculture, Livestock and Food, visited the county on the 18th and held a meeting with about 10 people including farmers.

Jeon Dong-pyeong, Yeongam County Governor, explained the severe cold damage status of figs, Yeongam-gun's representative specialized crop, at the meeting, and since most farmers cultivate outdoors, he requested 2.1 billion KRW in provincial funds to achieve permanent cold damage prevention, support tunnel-type nonwoven fabric projects, excavator rental use, and fig orchard maintenance support projects to reduce farmers' burdens.

At the meeting, farmers had time to present various opinions such as improving fig disaster insurance and supporting living expenses budgets.

Director So Young-ho said, “We will strive to promptly execute the fig nutrient supplement support project and nonwoven fabric support project reflected in the first supplementary budget,” and added, “Other additional requests will be reflected as much as possible in next year’s budget within the scope prescribed by laws and regulations.”

Jeon Dong-pyeong, Yeongam County Governor, stated, “Budget support to prevent serious fig damage like this is more urgent than anything else,” and added, “We will prioritize solving farmers’ difficulties and continue to discover and propose response and support measures, and promptly carry out the necessary projects first.”

Meanwhile, Yeongam-gun plans to conduct a demand survey by the 25th for the tunnel-type nonwoven fabric project and orchard maintenance project, divided into 2021 and 2022, and intends to propose the project costs to Jeonnam Province based on the survey results.