Ganghwa County Accepts Applications for Women Farmers' Happiness Voucher Program Until the 27th

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Ganghwa County is accepting applications for the 'Women Farmers' Happiness Voucher Support Project,' designed to expand welfare benefits and improve the quality of life for women farmers, at each township and myeon office in the county until the 27th.

The Women Farmers' Happiness Voucher is a program that provides a prepaid card that can be used like cash for 200,000 won annually (including 40,000 won in self-contribution) to improve culture and welfare for women farmers.

The county plans to support approximately 1,400 women farmers, an increase of about 500 from the previous year. Women farmers can freely use the voucher card across various welfare and cultural sectors, including movie theaters, bookstores, sports centers, eyewear shops, and beauty salons.

Eligible applicants are women farmers aged 20 or older and under 75 years old, residing in the county, engaged in actual farming operations, with agricultural land ownership (including all household members' combined area) of less than 5 hectares (50,000 square meters) or with equivalent livestock farming operations.

A county official stated, "While the amount is modest, we hope it will provide some assistance to women farmers who face difficulties balancing heavy agricultural work and household duties," and added, "We will continue to do our best to improve the quality of life for women farmers."