Representative Seomina Ho of Gyeongnam Province, "We must actively promote medicinal and special crops"

"We need to more actively promote the medicinal and special crops industry to diversify the basis of agricultural income. We want to establish a system that can strengthen the competitiveness of non-medicinal special crops such as high-preference crops, oil crops, and mushrooms, which have been in a blind spot of support and promotion compared to medicinal crops." Seo Min-ho, Vice Chairman of the Agriculture, Ocean and Fisheries Committee of the Gyeongnam Provincial Assembly (Changwon 1, People Power Party), introduced the revised "Gyeongnam Province Medicinal and Special Crops Industry Promotion and Support Ordinance" which comprehensively includes special crops, and stated this. This ordinance is scheduled to be processed at the October extraordinary session. Vice Chairman Seo said, "We need to resolve the policy blind spot for approximately 24,000 farms in Gyeongnam Province that grow non-medicinal special crops such as high-preference crops, oil crops, and mushrooms." He ...