Icheon City Accepts Applications for '2027 Agriculture, Livestock and Food Project' Until the 23rd

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Um In-yong] Icheon City is accepting applications for the '2027 Agriculture, Livestock and Food Project' until the 23rd, which was designed to respond to the changing future agricultural environment and enhance the agricultural competitiveness of farmers.

This project comprises 250 projects across 9 sectors including production infrastructure, rural communities, grain, horticulture and distribution, livestock, food, agricultural life industry, carbon neutrality and climate change, and forestry, and is being pursued with the goal of increasing farmer income, ensuring stable agricultural management, and revitalizing rural areas.

Farmers, producer organizations and others wishing to apply for the project can apply through Nongup e-ji (https://www.nongupez.go.kr), and after confirming the eligibility and requirements for each sector and preparing necessary documents, they can submit their applications to the Agricultural Technology Center or the Eup/Myeon/Dong Administrative Welfare Center at their address.

For the submitted projects, after detailed reviews by each division and objective evaluation criteria, the city plans to request budget from Gyeonggi Province in March following deliberation by Icheon City's Agricultural, Rural and Food Industry Policy Review Committee.

Director Kim Dong-ho of the Agricultural Technology Center said, "Through this agriculture, livestock and food project, we ask for your keen interest and participation so that farmers can enhance their competitiveness and greatly contribute to increased farm household income."