[Farmers' and Fisherfolk's Newspaper=Reporter Lee Han-tae] The National Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives held the '2025 Agricultural Development Innovation Award' ceremony at its headquarters in Jung-gu, Seoul, on the 18th. The local governments that received the Agricultural Development Innovation Award this year are Gwangmyeong in Gyeonggi (Mayor Park Seung-won), Pyeongchang in Gangwon (County Head Shim Jae-guk), Yeongdong in Chungbuk (County Head Jeong Young-cheol), Asan in Chungnam (Mayor Oh Se-hyun), Jeongeup in Jeonbuk (Mayor Lee Hak-su), Naju in Jeonnam (Mayor Yoon Byung-tae), Goryeong in Gyeongbuk (County Head Lee Nam-cheol), and Sacheon in Gyeongnam (Mayor Park Dong-sik), totaling eight local governments. On the day of the ceremony, the President of the National Federation of Agricultural Cooperatives, Kang Ho-dong, toured the city and county agricultural specialty product promotion centers with the local government heads and acknowledged the efforts of the Agricultural Cooperatives to protect farmers and rural areas.