Hwaseong City Holds Meeting with Agricultural Cooperative Leaders

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Hwaseong City held an agricultural policy discussion meeting with cooperative leaders from agricultural, livestock, and fisheries cooperatives at the City Hall Conference Room on the 19th.

The meeting was attended by approximately 30 people, including Hwaseong Mayor Jung Myung-geun, Kim Chang-gyeom, head of the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation's Hwaseong Branch, Kim Jong-seop, head of Paltan Agricultural Cooperative, Kim Hyung-gyu, head of Taean Agricultural Cooperative, Jang Ju-ik, head of Suwon-Hwaseong-Osan Livestock Cooperative, and related government officials.

At the meeting held to share agricultural policy issues and gather opinions on the occasion of the first anniversary of the 8th elected administration, participants discussed and proposed various policies including ▲inspections of agricultural and fishery business sites in preparation for heavy downpours ▲methods for nurturing water-fragrant rice ▲livestock manure treatment issues ▲pest control for rice crops.

Mayor Jung Myung-geun of Hwaseong City stated, "Through an organic relationship between city administration and agricultural, livestock, and fisheries cooperatives, please pursue policies that farmers and fishery workers can feel," and added, "Through the diverse opinions raised today, I will do my best to establish practical agricultural, livestock, and fisheries policies."