"Let's stop overproduction of rice".Yeouido 276 times the size of rice cultivation area will be reduced.

The government has announced measures to reform the rice industry structure, including reducing the area of rice cultivation by 80,000 hectares next year and inducing high-quality rice production.

80,000ha is 276 times the size of Yeouido and 11% of this year's rice cultivation area.

To this end, the government supports farmers who grow other crops instead of rice, and expands their budgets on eco-friendly rice cultivation and development of high-quality varieties.In order to promote rice consumption

, traditional liquor tax reduction and expansion of rice processed food exports will also be promoted.

Choi Myung-chul, a food policy officer at the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs, said he will try to resolve the structural oversupply of rice and convert it into high-quality and eco-friendly rice that consumers want.