Youth interns from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs volunteer to help farmers affected by heavy rain.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (Minister Song Mi-ryeong) announced on July 15 that young interns are volunteering to help farmers who have suffered significant damage due to heavy rain. The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs is operating a youth internship system from 2023 to help young people expand their career options. Young interns are assigned to departments of interest to experience practical work in specialized fields and participate in policy promotion through field visits and conference attendance. We are building professional capabilities in the agricultural and food field by suggesting opinions.
On this day, about 20 youth interns from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the head of the youth agricultural development policy team and other staff from the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs visited farms damaged by heavy rain in Sedo-myeon, Buyeo-gun, South Chungcheong Province, and worked to restore the damage. In particular, they removed damaged agricultural facilities and tomato debris. took prompt action.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs evaluated that the volunteer work of these young interns was not only a great help in recovering damage to farms, but also a valuable experience for young people to directly experience the importance and difficulties of agriculture and communicate with farmers. In addition, they announced that they plan to continue to support strengthening bonds with rural communities through these voluntary volunteer activities.
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs Song Mi-ryeong said, “We express our deep gratitude for the passion shown by the young interns, and we will spare no effort in providing all support to help the affected farms resume normal farming activities as soon as possible.” He added, “We will continue to provide young interns with a variety of field experiences.” “We will continue to provide opportunities to do so,” he added.
Editor. Seyeong Hong
