The Rural Development Administration discussed the direction for advancing national tasks in agriculture and rural areas with heads of rural development agencies nationwide. The aim is to boost execution by having the central and local governments work together to produce results that can be felt in the field.
On the 26th, the Rural Development Administration said it held a nationwide work-sharing meeting at the headquarters auditorium and shared national tasks related to agriculture and rural areas that were finalized at a recent Cabinet meeting. About 200 people attended, including the heads of nine provincial agricultural research and extension services—Gyeonggi, Gangwon, North Chungcheong, South Chungcheong, North Jeolla, South Jeolla, North Gyeongsang, South Gyeongsang, and Jeju—along with bureau chiefs and Directors, and the heads of 156 city and county agricultural technology centers nationwide.
The national tasks shared that day were fourfold: ▲ fostering agriculture as a national strategic industry that safeguards the people's food supply ▲ a major shift in agricultural policy with strengthened national responsibility ▲ leading balanced growth and the energy transition ▲ realizing a society where people and animals live together in agricultural and fishing villages.
Rural Development Administration Commissioner Lee Seung-don, who presided over the meeting, said, "For the national tasks in agriculture and rural areas to be carried out smoothly, central and local rural development agencies must support them together," and emphasized, "Please actively cooperate so that we can push ahead swiftly with urgent tasks such as food security, smart data agriculture, carbon neutrality, and fostering young farmers."
The Rural Development Administration plans to establish a collaboration system between lead and cooperating departments and continuously monitor implementation to systematically push forward action items for each national task. It also plans to strengthen the foundation of cooperation with rural development agencies in each region to ensure that policies function properly in the field.