Sacheon-si Jeongdong-myeon Goeup Village
Agricultural Waste Collection Campaign
On the 14th, Gyeongnam Nonghyup visited persimmon farms in Goeup Village, Jeongdong-myeon, Sacheon-si, Gyeongnam to conduct a rural labor support and agricultural waste collection campaign.
The event was attended by about 60 people, including Jo Geun-su, head of Gyeongnam Nonghyup headquarters, Son Young-sik, head of the Korea Rural Community Corporation Gyeongnam Regional Headquarters, Park Gyun-hwan, head of Sacheon branch, Jo Yoon-hwan, head of Nonghyup Sacheon City branch, Choi Yong-jun, chairman of Sacheon Nonghyup, and Kang Dong-guk, chairman of Jeongdong Nonghyup.
Gyeongnam Nonghyup and Korea Rural Community Corporation, Joint Rural Labor Assistance. [Image provided by Gyeongnam Nonghyup]
The farm was selected by Gyeongnam Nonghyup as a ‘farm with a story,’ and the farm owner, who has difficulty working due to aftereffects from stomach cancer surgery, made this labor support even more meaningful.
In addition to rural labor support, Gyeongnam Nonghyup conducted an agricultural waste collection campaign together with the Korea Rural Community Corporation in accordance with the Gyeongnam Province agricultural waste resource circulation activation agreement signed on April 1.
Head Jo Geun-su said, “As the main farming season begins, many farms are struggling due to labor shortages, so I am glad we could offer some help,” and added, “Gyeongnam Nonghyup will continue to expand labor support and various assistance for elderly and vulnerable farms.”
This year, Gyeongnam Nonghyup plans to support a total of 270,000 people in rural fields during the farming season, operating 22 Rural Workforce Brokerage Centers, running public seasonal labor projects at 3 Nonghyups, signing agreements with 5 probation offices in the area, and organizing university student rural workforce support groups.
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