【브레이크뉴스 경북】이성현 기자=지난해 경북으로 귀농한 가구는 1,911 가구(2,451명)로 전국 귀농가구 1만 307가구 중 18.5%로 전국 1위를 차지했지만 귀농·귀촌은 국내 인구이동 감소 등으로 지난해에 이어 2년 연속 감소한 것으로 나타났다.
지난 25일 농식품부와 통계청이 공동으로 발표한 ‘2023년 귀농·귀촌 통계조사’에 따르면 전국 시도별 귀농 가구는 경북이 1,911 가구로 가장 많고 전남 1,781 가구,충남 1,299 가구, 경남 1,193 가구 순으로 나타났으며, 군위군은 행정구역 변경에 따라 대구에 포함되어 작성됐다.
도내 시군별로는(귀농 가구) 의성군 196 가구(전국 1위), 상주시 163 가구(전국 2위),영천시 157 가구(전국 3위), 김천시, 예천군 순이며, 의성군, 상주시, 영천시는 귀농 가구 수 기준 전국 1~3위를 차지했다.
농림축산식품부에서는 귀농·귀촌 감소 요인으로 국내 인구 감소와도시지역실업자 수가 줄어들어 귀농·귀촌 인구가 줄어든 것으로 분석하고 있으며, 농막처럼 주소이전 없이 농촌을 체험할 수 있는 길이 많아진 점도귀농·귀촌인구가 줄어든 데 영향을 끼친 것으로 보인다고 밝혔다.
한편, 경상북도는 귀농·귀촌 지원시스템 정비 및 재구축, 도시민 유치 홍보활동 강화, 귀농인 정착 지원사업 확대, 귀농·귀촌인들의 지역민과 소통을 통한 화합 분위기 조성 등 귀농·귀촌 분야의 질 높은 성과를달성하기 위해 더욱더 박차를 가할 계획이다
김주령 경상북도 농축산유통국장은 “이번 귀농귀촌 통계조사 결과를 면밀히분석하여 필요한 정책을 보완해 나갈 예정”이라며 “앞으로 다양한귀농 및청년창농 지원정책, 수요자 중심 교육 등을 체계적으로 준비하여 귀농·귀촌인 유치에 최선을 다할 계획이다”고 밝혔다.
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In 2023, Gyeongbuk ranks first in the nation in returning to farming... The number of returning to farming has decreased for two consecutive years.
Last year, the number of households that returned to farming in Gyeongbuk was 1,911 households (2,451 people), ranking first in the nation at 18.5% of the 10,307 households that returned to farming nationwide. However, the number of households returning to farming or rural areas decreased for two consecutive years following last year due to a decrease in domestic population movement. .
According to the '2023 return-to-farm/village statistical survey' jointly announced by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs and the National Statistical Office on the 25th, Gyeongbuk has the largest number of households returning to farming by city and province nationwide with 1,911 households, followed by Jeonnam with 1,781 households, Chungnam with 1,299 households, and Gyeongnam with 1,193 households. Gunwi-gun was included in Daegu according to the change in administrative districts.
By city and county in the province (households returning to farming), 196 households in Uiseong-gun (1st in the nation), 163 households in Sangju-si (2nd in the nation), 157 households in Yeongcheon-si (3rd in the nation), Gimcheon-si, and Yecheon-gun, respectively, are based on the number of households returning to farming in Uiseong-gun, Sangju-si, and Yeongcheon-si. Ranked 1st to 3rd nationally.
The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs analyzes that the decline in the population returning to farming and rural areas is due to a decrease in the domestic population and a decrease in the number of unemployed people in urban areas. The fact that there are more ways to experience rural areas, such as farmhouses, without changing addresses is also contributing to the decline in the population returning to farming and rural areas. He said it appears to have had an impact.
Meanwhile, Gyeongsangbuk-do has achieved high-quality results in the field of returning to farming and rural areas, such as reorganizing and rebuilding the support system for returning to farming and rural areas, strengthening promotional activities to attract city residents, expanding settlement support projects for returning to rural areas, and creating an atmosphere of harmony through communication with local residents among those returning to farming and rural areas. We plan to accelerate our efforts to achieve this.
Kim Joo-ryeong, director of the Gyeongsangbuk-do Provincial Agricultural and Agricultural Products Distribution Bureau, said, “We plan to carefully analyze the results of this statistical survey on returning to rural areas and supplement necessary policies.” He added, “We will systematically prepare various return-to-farm and youth start-up support policies and consumer-centered education to attract people who return to farming and rural areas.” “I plan to do my best,” he said.
