"Rice farmers can't sleep at night, worried policy will reverse again in three years"

Published 2025년 10월 31일

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[Korean Farmers' Newspaper, Reporter Kim Kyung-wook] "Now, glutinous rice farmers have already completed their annual farming plan that links glutinous rice and winter crops. If the policy is switched again in just three years, it would be a double blow to the farmers who trusted the government and followed the policy." As the harvest of glutinous rice (segmented rice) approaches its end, farmers are losing sleep over concerns about government policies rather than the joy of the harvest. Recently, during a national audit, some members of parliament designated the previous government's glutinous rice policy as a "failed policy" and called for a complete review, while the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs also expressed the need for "speed adjustment," making the atmosphere surrounding the glutinous rice policy tense.

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Request for "Full Re-examination" from Political Circles Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs: "Need to Slow Down" Farmers "Killing Us Twice" Ignites Petition Urges Policy Consistency "Now, powdered rice farmers have already completed their annual farming plan linked with winter crops. Switching policies again in three years would be killing the farmers who trusted the government and followed the policies twice." As the harvest of powdered rice (powdered millet) approaches its end, farmers are more worried about the government's policy than the joy of the harvest. This is because some members of parliament recently called the previous government's powdered rice policy a "failed policy" and demanded a full re-examination during the national audit, and the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs also stated that "a slowdown is needed," making the atmosphere surrounding the powdered rice policy noticeably cold. Farmers on the ground express concern over the ...
Source: Agrinet

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