Vice Chair Lee Sam-soon Makes Successive Visits to Rural Agricultural Sites

Lee Sam-soon (Democratic Party, Proportional Representation), Vice Chair of the Gyeonggi Provincial Council and member of the Committee on Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries, made successive visits on the 28th of last month to farms operated by female farmers located in Icheon City, Yeoju County, and Anseong City, conducting field-tailored legislative activities by listening to opinions and difficulties regarding agricultural management.

Regarding the expansion of direct sales markets and securing stable sales channels raised at the site that day, Vice Chair Lee stated, "It is necessary for local governments to establish long-term plans to activate the operation of agricultural product direct sales markets and implement them while considering mutual understanding with neighboring commercial areas and consumer accessibility."

Subsequently, at a broccoli farm in Geumsa-myeon, Yeoju County, the female farmers exchanged opinions regarding the certification procedures for the G-Mark brand, an agricultural product brand of Gyeonggi Province, and agricultural product processing facilities.

Vice Chair Lee emphasized the importance of policy publicity, stating, "No matter how excellent agricultural support policies are discovered, they are useless if direct beneficiaries, farmers, have difficulty accessing information. I will do my utmost to enable various information provision for female farmers going forward."

At the chrysanthemum farm located in Naeuri, Geumgwang-myeon, Anseong City, the final site visited that day, Vice Chair Lee addressed information deficiencies regarding agricultural activities and educational participation by female farmers, stating, "I will actively work to discover new projects for enhancing the rights and interests of female farmers so that they assume responsibility and pride as leaders in agriculture."