HanNong YeonJeonnam Province: "Recognition of rice and sesame leaf spot disaster relief must be expedited"

[Korean Farmers' Newspaper Reporter Kang-san Lee] The Jeonnam Provincial Association of the Korean Farmers' Association (President Hong Young-sin) submitted a proposal to the Jeonnam Provincial Government on the 10th, urging them to recognize rice stripe virus disease as a disaster. According to the Jeonnam Provincial Government, the survey results by the end of September showed that the area affected by rice stripe virus disease in the province was tentatively calculated at 10,000 hectares, which is 2.8 times higher than last year and 2.3 times higher than the average. President Hong Young-sin of the Jeonnam Provincial Association of the Korean Farmers' Association said to the Jeonnam Provincial Government, "As the rice harvest season begins in earnest, it is expected that farmers will suffer yield reductions due to rice stripe virus disease," and "The government has said it will review the recognition of agricultural damage after a detailed survey, but for the sake of the farmers, it is necessary to act as quickly as possible."