Chairman Kim Ho of the Agricultural Special Committee inspects the "mung bean mosaic disease" on site.

President Kim Ho, Chairman of the Presidential Committee on Special Affairs for Fisheries and Agriculture and Rural Areas, visited the site of rice false smut outbreak in Seokmun reclamation area in Dangjin City on the 20th to inspect the damage situation. This site visit was arranged to encourage farmers and Dangjin City officials who are struggling with the spread of rice false smut in rice harvesters and are working to mitigate the damage, and to discuss the causes of the damage spread and response measures with the farmers. Rice false smut has spread due to the heat that lasted until September this year and frequent rains, and the government has recently recognized it as an agricultural disaster and is conducting a survey on the situation of the affected farms. Chairman Kim Ho expressed his respect and gratitude to the farmers who cultivated and harvested rice in difficult conditions due to abnormal weather, and urged Dangjin City to "do their best to ensure that all affected ...