Icheon City 4-H Federation Conducts Rice Planting at Shared Project Field

[Suwon Ilbo=Eom In-yong Reporter] The Icheon City 4-H Federation (Chairman Park No-young) held a rice planting event on the 28th at a shared project field located in Jeungpo-dong, Icheon City, with approximately 20 members of the 4-H Federation in attendance.

The shared project field is an activity in which 4-H members jointly cultivate farmland for agricultural training purposes, with the goal of enhancing the capacity and sense of community among young farmers.

Members gathered on the day to directly practice manual rice planting, gain hands-on experience with riding rice transplanters, and learn practical agricultural techniques by applying fertilizers.

At this rice planting event, 'Alcchanmi,' a representative mid-season variety of Icheon rice, was transplanted in a 3,937㎡ shared project field in the Daewol-myeon and Jeungpo-dong areas. The rice harvested this autumn will be used for Happy Together donations and 4-H activity fund-raising.

Park No-young, Chairman of the Icheon City 4-H Federation, stated, "I believe that the process of members directly sweating and experiencing farming together is itself great learning," and added, "Going forward, through the shared project field activities, we will create a foundation where young farmers can communicate and grow together."

Jung Hyun-sook, Director of the Agricultural Promotion Division, remarked, "Since young farmers are the future of local agriculture, field-based training and diverse activity support are important," and stated, "The Icheon City Agricultural Technology Center will continue to provide support for stable agricultural settlement and capacity enhancement of young farmers."