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Improvement of responsiveness againstthe change in agricultural administration

Industrialization of high-quality Chungnam rice

	Supports low-concentration forage and develops storage facilities (KRW 21.9 bil.)
	Awarded first place in the National High-quality Rice Contest (Asan Clean Rice, Taean Golden Rice)

Expansion of export of agricultural and marine products:
USD 84 mil. (2003) USD 115 mil. (2004) ( USD 122 mil. (2005)

Advancement of agricultural and marine product distribution system

	APC-centered outpostㆍ34 stations / KRW 30.1 bil.
	Designated as Provincial Governor-recommended Product: 97 suppliers (45 items / 114 cases)
	Increase of sales due to higher customer confidence: KRW 48 bil. (2000) ( KRW 161.8 bil. (2005)

Development of agriculture experience program (village)

	evelops green agriculture experience villages (16 villages / KRW 3.2 bil.), fishing experience villages (7 villages / KRW 4.3 bil.), and mountain villages (15 villages / KRW 24.1 bil.)
	Opportunity for agriculture experience due to 5-day work system: 47,000 visitors (2003) ( 148,000 visitors (2004) ( 345,000 visitors (2005)

Realization of advanced welfare for farmers and fishermen

	Establishment of "Female Farmer Center" (4 stations / KRW 500 mil.)
	Farm household helper system (361 helpers / KRW 600 mil.)
	Tuition for children (14,500 students / KRW 11.9 bil.) and child care expenses (6,198 / KRW 7.6 bil.)

Nurture of professional agriculture and fisheries CEO

Production of safe and high-quality agricultural products

Maintains a certain level in farmers' revenue and stabilizes management

Analyzes how to improve competitiveness in gardening or special products

Establishes environment-friendly substructure and produces safe and high-quality products

	Number of farm household: 280 (2000) →2,930 (2003) →5,000 (2005)
	Area: 130ha (2000) →,800 (2003) →4,800 (2005)
	Production: 3,000 tons (2000) →40,000 tons (2003) →87,000 tons (2005)

Improvement of settlement conditions in rural community and enforcement of farming facilities

Enhancement of settlement conditions in agricultural district

Enforcement of farming facilities

Establishes environment-friendly substructure and produces safe and high-quality products

	Number of farm household: 280 (2000) →2,930 (2003) →5,000 (2005)
	Area: 130ha (2000) →,800 (2003) →4,800 (2005)
	Development of agricultural water: Promotes water supply to rural communitiesㆍ102 districts / KRW 17.3 bil.

Nurture of environment-friendly livestockindustry and supply ofsafe livestock products

Increases brand power "Tobau": 2004ㆍ2006, investment of KRW 4.6 bil. 500 households participated

Establishes high-quality bulk feed production facilities

Utilization of livestock manure: Installation (97%), rate of resource recovery (76%)

Improvement of sanitationand safety of livestock products: Establishment of comprehensive safe system in rearing, production, and distribution

Prevention of infectious livestock diseases

	Known as FMD-free zone since 2002 and AI-free district since 2004
	Awarded with "The BEST Province"in 2005 Infectious Livestock Disease Prevention

Nurture of forest resources and expansion of green environment

Development of "Green Chungnam Park": KRW 40 bil. project from 2005 through 2007ㆍDevelops theme forest including well-being park, curb and small parks

Prevention of forest fire and restoration of the damaged area: Artificial restoration (1,962ha), natural restoration (1,133ha) / KRW 9.8 bil.

Development of substructure for forest recreation and revenue increase

	Develops natural forest recreation & arboretum (13 spots / KRW 37.4 bil.), natural forest (2 spotsㆍGeumsan, Baekje forest / KRW 3 bil.), Wooden Product Outdoor Exhibition Hall (1 spotㆍCheongyang / KRW 1.6 bil.)
	Establishes production substructure for revenue increase (15 projects including shiitake mushroom and chestnuts / KRW 14 bil.)

Preservation of Forest Resources and Expansion of Productivity

	Increase of growing stock (per ha): 54 ㎥ (2001) →68 ㎥ (2005)
	Prevention of pine wood nematode (10 stations, 18 groups, 54 people)
	Environment-friendly construction (10,200ha)

Development and nurture of rich fishery resources

Comprehensive development of fisheries and expansion of local fishing port

Comprehensive fishery development (10 districts / KRW 34.4 bil.), development of fishery tourist park (1 location / KRW 6 bil.), development of multi-functional fishing ports (3 locations / KRW 50 bil.), and development of local fishing ports (11 locations (54%) / KRW 104.6 bil.)

Clean sea water, development of fresh seashore environment

Removal of ocean waste (900 tons / KRW 800 mil.), cleaning of fishing grounds (677ha / KRW 500 mil.), cleaning of dumped fishing nets (250 tons/ KRW 800 mil.), and coast maintenance (27 spots / KRW 18.6 bil.)

Creation of environment for special farming

Artificial fishing banks (16,208ha / KRW 63 bil.), fishing ground management (15,736ha / KRW 2.5 bil.), and marine seedling (3.9 million fish / KRW 1 bil.)

Improvement of aquaculture competitiveness: Supplied organic acids for cultivating Porphyra since 1995 and eliminated starfish

Expansion of harbor facilities: Boryeong port, Daesan port, and Pyeongtaek & Dangjin port

Main statistics

①Agriculture

Category (Unit)	Chungnam	Nationwide	National market share ranking
Farm Population (thou. persons)	446	3,433	13.0(4th)
Area of Cultivated Land (thou. ha)	249	1,824	13.7(3rd)
Rate of Land Cultivation (%)	92	92	(3rd)
Rate of Irrigated Paddy Field	78	77.8	(5th)
Rice Production (thou. tons)	865	4,768	18.1(2nd)
Unit Quantity of Rice (kg / 10a)	522	490	(1st)
Production of agriculture, forestry,and fishery (KRW 100 mil.)	3 tril 2,593	24 tril 6,414	13.2(2nd)
Farm Household Income (KRW thou. / Household)	33,215	30,503	(3rd)
Farm Household Debt (KRW thou. / Household)	20,172	27,210	(the lowest)

	Top Items among national production
	Rice (18.1%), watermelon (25.1%), Ginger (56.0%) Chinese wolfberry (82.3%), strawberry (24.3%), ginseng (80%) Tomato (16.5%), mushroom (53.5%)

②Livestock

	Livestock household: 76,000 households (Profession livestock: 2,107 households)
	Number of livestock: Korean native cattle (237, No. 3 in Korea), dairy cows (78, No. 2 in Korea), pigs (1,636, No. 2 in Korea), and fowl (18 million, No.2 in Korea)

③Forestry

	Area of forest land: 441,000ha (National & public forest: 49, private forest: 392) ㆍReserved forest: 283,000ha, semi-reserved forest: 158,000ha
	Growing stock: 30mil.㎥ (67.7m2per ha)
	Forest production: Shiitake mushroom (1,659 tons, 31% of the total production), chestnut (23,213 tons, 32% of the total production)

④Fisheries

	Fishery population: 10,500 households, 27,400 people (12.4% of total fishery population)
	Fishing port: 59 locations ㆍNational port: 7, local port: 29, small fishing port: 23
	Fishing boats: 6,500 boats, 22,000 tons (7.1% of total fishing boats)
	Fishing grounds: 13,062ha (sea fishery: 12,797, freshwater fishery: 265)
	Production: 101,000 tons (3.7% of the total production)

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