Commemorative photo of the 2024 meeting with heads of national farmers’ organizations (aT President Hong Moon-pyo (sixth from the left in the front row), Chairman Seung-ho Lee (fourth from the left in the front row), standing representative of the Korea Agricultural and Livestock Association, and Chairman Heung-sik Choi (seventh from the left in the front row), provided by aT
On the 26th, Korea Agro-Fisheries and Food Trade Corporation (aT) CEO Hong Moon-pyo invited heads of farmers’ organizations across the country to a management meeting at the aT Center in Yangjae-dong, Seoul, and shared the company’s major achievements and the seven innovative visions for the development of the agricultural, fisheries and food industry and requested active cooperation. did it
At this meeting, heads of 26 farmer groups, including ▲ Korea Federation of Agricultural and Livestock Products ▲ Korea Council of General Agricultural Organizations ▲ Korea New Farmers’ Federation ▲ Korea Ginseng Association ▲ Korea 4-H Central Headquarters ▲ Korea Eco-friendly Agriculture Association ▲ Korea Agricultural Distribution Corporation Central Association, attended and discussed agricultural field issues. We shared various voices and sought ways to cooperate closely with the corporation.
The corporation shared major achievements, including early achievement of the transaction goal of 500 billion won for the ‘Agricultural and Marine Products Online Wholesale Market’, which began full operation this year.
In addition, he shared with group leaders the seven major innovation visions that President Hong Moon-pyo has continuously emphasized since his inauguration and requested active communication and solidarity and cooperation. President Hong’s seven innovation visions are ❶ Conversion to eco-friendly and low-carbon agriculture and fisheries ❷ Improvement of seeds and new varieties in response to climate change ❸ Widening of low-temperature storage bases ❹ Improvement of distribution structure centered on online wholesale markets and direct sales markets ❺ Change of national stock concept from ‘rice to five grains’ ‘ Transition ❻ Realization of statistical agriculture and four-season smart farm ❼ Expansion of Korea’s food territory.
Next year, the corporation will strive to achieve sustainable growth of the Korean agricultural, fisheries and food industry by proactively responding to climate change, focusing on establishing a low-temperature storage system, statistics-based supply and demand management, improving direct transaction-oriented distribution structure, and expanding food territory by expanding exports. plan.
Farmers’ groups suggested major issues such as expanding support to strengthen the export competitiveness of domestic agricultural, fisheries, and livestock products, guaranteeing farm income by stabilizing the supply and demand of agricultural products, and revitalizing online wholesale market operations, and requested active cooperation in suggesting government policies that reflect the voices of agricultural fields. .
Hong Moon-pyo, CEO of aT, said, “We will always communicate and cooperate with the field to overcome the internal and external environmental changes facing our agriculture, such as climate change, and to achieve sustainable development of the agricultural, fishery and food industry.” “We ask for close cooperation between farmer groups to create a living Korea,” he said.
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