Ganghwa County Promotes Eco-Friendly Small Agricultural Machinery Support Project

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Ganghwa County announced on the 10th that it will promote the '2021 Eco-Friendly Small Agricultural Machinery Support Project' to address labor shortages in rural areas and promote the modernization of agricultural machinery.

To this end, the county has allocated 432 million won in project funds and plans to distribute 326 eco-friendly small agricultural machines.

Additionally, reflecting opinions from farming households, the county is expanding the types of supported equipment from the existing 78 types to 82 types, including the addition of combine dividers, seedling box aligners, tractor-mounted power sprayers, and freshness maintenance equipment for low-temperature storage units.

Interested farming households can submit applications to their respective eup or myeon offices by the 19th. Applicants must be cultivators of farmland within the county and registered in the agricultural management system. Selected farms will receive subsidies of up to 1.32 million won (subsidy rate of 60%).

For more detailed information, contact the Ganghwa County Agricultural Technology Center's Technology Support and Agricultural Machinery Team (☎032-930-4177) or the eup or myeon offices (Industry Team).

A county official stated, "We will continuously identify eco-friendly small agricultural machines needed by farmers to address the labor shortage problem in rural areas and contribute to increasing farmers' income."