Governor Kim Young-rok welcomes the recognition of rice blast and seed mottle disease as agricultural disasters.

First nationwide recognition of agricultural disaster by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs through prompt response to proposal Former Jeonnam Governor Kim Young-rok expressed, "Together with all the citizens, I sincerely welcome this decision, which promptly accepted the urgent request of farmers who were distressed at the harvester, regarding the government's recognition of rice stripe disease as an agricultural disaster." According to Jeonnam Province, this summer's record-breaking high temperatures and frequent rainfall caused large-scale rice stripe disease damage of 13,000 hectares in Jeonnam. This accounts for 9.3% of the total rice cultivation area in Jeonnam and is the largest scale in the country. In response, Jeonnam Province confirmed the spread and severity of the rice stripe disease damage and proposed recognition of the agricultural disaster to the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs on the 25th of last month, the first nationwide. In ...