Goheung-gun Secures a Total of 2.4 Billion KRW for Next Year's High-Quality Rice Distribution Activation Project Funding

Providing Benefits to Production Farms, New Construction Project of Rice Drying and Storage Facilities (DSC)

[Goheung=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Hyung-kwon] Goheung-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Song Gwi-geun) announced on the 10th that Pungyang Nonghyup (Cooperative Head Park Mi-hwa) was finally selected in the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' contest for next year's high-quality rice distribution activation project, securing a total project cost of 2.4 billion KRW, including 720 million KRW in national subsidies.

The high-quality rice distribution activation project aims to foster representative brands for each production and distribution hub, support facility modernization and installation of drying and storage facilities to improve quality competitiveness, maintain high-quality rice, secure sales channels for harvested rice during the harvest season, and increase benefits for farmers.

From next year until 2023, Pungyang Agricultural Cooperative plans to establish four 30-ton circulation drying facilities, two 500-ton silo storage facilities, one 100-pyeong cold storage warehouse, one forklift, and 100 rice purchase containers.

Until now, only Pungyang Nonghyup lacked drying and storage facilities (DSC), but with the final selection in this contest project, the establishment of the high-quality rice distribution activation project (rice drying and storage facilities) will enable large-scale purchase of grain products to be processed all at once, reducing management costs, preventing raw grain deterioration, alleviating inconveniences for local farmers caused by long waiting times, and greatly contributing to improving rice quality.

A county official said, “We will continue to strive through ongoing cooperation among administration, Nonghyup, and farmers for the production of high-quality Goheung rice, modernization of aging facilities, and production of branded rice, so that Goheung rice can stand tall as a high-quality brand rice in Korea.”