Pohang City Opens Applications for 2024 Successor Agricultural Managers and Young Farmers

Discovering Agricultural Entrepreneurs, Cultivating Elite Agricultural Workforce

Pohang City is accepting applications for the ‘Successor Agricultural Manager Development Project’ and the ‘Young Farmer (Youth Startup-type Successor Agricultural Manager) Farming Settlement Support Project’ until the 31st.

Poster for the 2024 Young Farmers Agricultural Settlement Support Project Applicant Recruitment.

The Successor Agricultural Manager Development Project is designed to discover promising prospective farmers and agricultural managers who will lead the development of agriculture and rural areas, and to nurture them into elite agricultural personnel.

Applicants must be between 18 and under 50 years old, have no experience or less than 10 years of experience in farming, and have graduated from an agricultural school (such as agricultural high school or agricultural university) or completed related education at an agricultural education institution recognized by the mayor, county governor, or district head.

Those selected as successor agricultural managers can receive loans of up to 500 million KRW per household (annual interest rate 1.5%, 5-year grace period, 20-year equal principal repayment).

The Young Farmer Farming Settlement Support Project is promoted to encourage the stable settlement of young farmers whose income is unstable in the early stages of farming.

Applicants must be prospective farmers aged 18 to under 40 or farmers with less than 3 years of independent management, have a residence in the city, and actually reside there.

Those selected as young farmers (youth startup-type successor agricultural managers) will receive farming settlement support funds of up to 1.1 million KRW per month for up to 3 years, startup capital loans of up to 500 million KRW (annual interest rate 1.5%, 5-year grace period, 20-year equal principal repayment), and farming technology education.

Prospective farmers and agricultural managers wishing to apply must access the Agricultural Project Information System and submit the application form and supporting documents by the 31st.

For more detailed information, contact the Young Farmer Farming Settlement Support Project Information Call Center or the Pohang City Agricultural Policy Division.