Minister of Agriculture, Food adn Rural Affairs visits a livestock farm in Icheon, Gyeonggi Province to check the situation
“The government, local governments, and the private sector will work together to actively support victims.”
Song Mi-ryeong, Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, visited the site damaged by heavy snow on the 8th to inspect the emergency recovery situation and said, “Although it is a difficult national situation recently, we will do our best to ensure that there are no gaps in agricultural management work.”
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs announced on this day that Minister Song Mi-ryeong visited a livestock farm located in Icheon, Gyeonggi-do and inspected the damage caused by heavy snow in November and the emergency recovery situation.
Due to the snow that fell across the country from the 26th to the 28th of last month, it was calculated that about 2,015 hectares of damage (as of the 4th report) occurred in the agricultural sector, including facility houses and livestock barns, in regions such as Gyeonggi, Gangwon, Chungcheong, and Jeonbuk.
By region, Gyeonggi-do reported the most damage at 1,676ha (approximately 937ha of facility houses, 521ha of ginseng facilities, 177ha of fruit trees, 3ha of mushrooms, 32ha of livestock sheds, etc.), and Chungcheongbuk-do also reported damage to approximately 165ha. Done.
Minister Song inspected the damage and recovery status of livestock farms due to heavy snow at the site, provided quick recovery to Gyeonggi-do and Icheon City, simplified licensing and administrative support when remodeling livestock facilities, and implemented winter disaster measures in the agricultural sector to prevent additional damage from heavy snow in the future. We requested that it proceed without a hitch.
In order to quickly recover from damage, the government provides an additional 10% of the cost of demolition of collapsed livestock farms and gardening facilities, supports heavy equipment such as excavators and trucks and feed needed for facility demolition through Nonghyup, and provides self-support to six producer groups, including Korean beef, We decided to provide items such as winter supplies and snow removal tools.
Minister song said, “We are encouraging local governments to conduct damage surveys and assess losses for farmers who subscribe to disaster insurance so that recovery costs and insurance payments can be quickly paid to affected farms, and farmers will be able to resume stable farming activities by restoring livestock and facility houses at an early stage.” “I plan to do my best to make it happen,” he said
In addition, Minister Song emphasized to the heads of major farmer organizations present, “The government, local governments, and the private sector will work together to provide prompt and active support to farmers affected by heavy snowfall.”