(Cheorwon=Yonhap News) Reporter Yang Ji-woong = Gangwon Cheorwon County announced on the 3rd that it will implement a support project for the safe disposal of agricultural by-products in the first half of this year to prevent forest fires and reduce the occurrence of fine dust and plant diseases and pests. This is a project to support on-site shredding of agricultural by-products such as pruned branches and pepper plants to prevent forest fires caused by the incineration of these by-products, and it is scheduled to run from the 24th to April 30. Farmers who wish to participate in the project can visit the township office where their farmland is located by the 12th. When applying, the address of the plot where the agricultural by-products are stacked must be written accurately, and if agricultural by-products are mixed outside the applied quantity, shredding may be restricted. Apples, pears, peppers, field-grown tomatoes, and tomatoes and paprika grown in facilities are not accepted for application. Applicants must separate the agricultural by-products from waste such as ropes and plastic and then neatly gather them in the field. Farmland that applied last fall but has not yet been shredded will be included as a priority for processing. An official from the Cheorwon County Agricultural Technology Center said, "This project aims to achieve prompt processing before the start of full-scale farming," and added, "If shredding is not completed by April 10 even after applying for agricultural by-product shredding, please contact the Agricultural Technology and Food Crops Team."