"Eco-Friendly Farming Practices"... Paju City Supports 50% of Forest Sawdust Purchase Costs

Application Deadline January 15
Project Recipients to be Confirmed in February

Paju City, Gyeonggi Province (Mayor Kim Kyung-il) announced on the 31st that it is accepting applications for the ‘2025 Forest Woodchip Crop Cultivation Support Project’ until January 15.

Paju City is accepting applications for the "2025 Forest Sawdust Crop Cultivation Support Project" until January 15. Photo by Paju City

The ‘Forest Woodchip Crop Cultivation Support Project’ is designed to create an eco-friendly agricultural environment by recycling forest by-products within the jurisdiction and to promote resource circulation.

Applicants must be local farmers or agricultural corporations registered with agricultural management information, and the amount eligible for application varies depending on the crop cultivation area.

Project recipients will be finalized in February after on-site investigations, feasibility reviews of project plans, and deliberations by the Agricultural Policy Subcommittee. Selected farms will receive 50% support for the purchase cost of agricultural sawdust and woodchips produced by the Paju City Forestry Cooperative.

Lee Tae-sung, Director of the Agricultural Policy Division, said, "Using sawdust as compost can simultaneously improve soil quality and prevent weeds," adding, "We hope that through this project, the use of forest by-products will increase instead of vinyl, spreading eco-friendly low-carbon agriculture."

Detailed project information and implementation plans can be found on the Paju City Hall website. Farmers wishing to apply should prepare the required documents and visit the industrial team at the Eup/Myeon Administrative Welfare Center of their farmland location or the Agricultural Policy Division at the Agricultural Technology Center to submit their application.