Namseoul Nonghyup Delivers Farming Supplies and Advance Payments to Daegu and Gyeongbuk Mountain Area Nonghyups

From the left, Shin Hyung-chul, Chairman of Gammun Nonghyup in Gimcheon; Ahn Yong-seung, Chairman of Namseoul Nonghyup; Baek Bok-han, Chairman of Guseong Nonghyup in Gimcheon

[Asia Economy Reporter Seongpil Cho] Namseoul Nonghyup (Chairman Ahn Seung-yong) announced on the 6th that it visited mountain-area Nonghyups in the Daegu and Gyeongbuk regions to deliver farming materials and advance payments in order to practice urban-rural coexistence.

Namseoul Nonghyup visited Gachang Nonghyup and Habin Nonghyup in Daegu the previous day and delivered farming materials worth approximately 10 million KRW to each. Attendees included Baek Deok-gil, Chairman of Dongdaegu Nonghyup; Lee Yoon-young, Chairman of Seodaegu Nonghyup; Kim Dong-bae, Chairman of Seongseo Nonghyup; Jegal Yi-sul, Chairman of Gosan Nonghyup; Lee Sang-tae, Chairman of Dasa Nonghyup; Kwak Byung-dal, Chairman of Hyeonpung Nonghyup; and Park Byung-hee, Head of Nonghyup Daegu Regional Headquarters. On the same afternoon, Namseoul Nonghyup visited the Agricultural Product Distribution Center of Guseong Nonghyup in Gimcheon and delivered interest-free advance payments of 500 million KRW and farming materials worth approximately 5 million KRW to Gammun Nonghyup (Chairman Shin Hyung-cheol) and Guseong Nonghyup (Chairman Baek Bok-han), respectively.

Earlier, Namseoul Nonghyup began practicing urban-rural coexistence starting with a farming materials delivery ceremony for mountain-area Nonghyups held at the Namseoul Sharing Direct Market in Bangbae Bokgaecheon, Seocho-gu, in April. Since then, it has supported interest-free advance payments and farming materials to mountain-area Nonghyups in Gyeonggi, Chungnam, Chungbuk, Incheon Ganghwa-gun and Ongjin-gun, Daejeon, Gwangju, and Jeju regions. Ahn Yong-seung, Chairman of Namseoul Nonghyup, stated, "To wisely overcome the externally difficult agricultural environment, metropolitan Nonghyups must take the lead in practicing urban-rural coexistence," adding, "We will strive to uphold the Nonghyup’s fundamental principles of 'cooperation' and 'coexistence'."