Farmland remodeling project is mutually beneficial project for the rivers and farmers. When you dig out the riverbed to enlarge the water vessel, consequently you will get the sediments and dredged soils as by-products. Mounding the farmlands up with selected soils through strict standards of 'Soil Environment Preservation Law' among the deposit soils is the farmland remodeling.
"If farmland changes, youngsters will return, I hope so."
Mr. SONG Chun-Taek (65), a village foreman of Nongso 1-ri,Okseong-myeon, Gumi-si, Gyeongsangbuk-do, where farmland remodeling work using dredged soils from the Gumi Weir construction sites in the Nakdong River basin.
Many portions of riparian farmlands in Korea tend to show its lower level than those of the rivers. Therefore inundation out of heavy rainfall result in flood damages for sure. To prevent these repeating damages, we mound up the level of farmlands with dredged soils. This is the farmland remodeling.
There are on its high peak of farmland remodeling project with farmlands prone to inundation. The national scale goes on total 149 districts. The budget for farmland remodeling comes from the revenue of the Four Major Rivers Restoration Project so that not an even 1% of burden will be posed on farmers. When farmland remodeling is done, form and quality of land will be improved so that farmers can cultivate high income crops. Cutting-edge agriculture and mechanized agriculture will be possible. Consequently, rural household incomes will be raised to be stabilized, and moreover, more youngsters might return to find their future with agricultural life than before.
