[Korea Farmers News Agency, Reporter Kim Kyung-uk] As the new year 2026 approaches, key issues in agriculture and rural areas to watch include whether the revised Grain Management Act can lead to rice supply and demand stability, the full-scale implementation of advanced income stabilization policies, land system reforms, and the introduction of farming-type solar power and rural-urban basic income as government policy tasks. The NH Nonghyup Central Research Institute selected and announced the 'Top 10 Issues in Agriculture and Rural Areas to Watch in 2026' on December 22. The institute first identified three major threat factors surrounding agriculture and rural areas in 2026: △increase in agricultural disasters due to the climate crisis △rising agricultural management costs.