Naju City Accepts Applications for 'Farmer and Fisherman Public Interest Allowance' Until the 21st of Next Month

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Naju City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Kang In-gyu) announced on the 28th that applications for this year’s first implementation of the ‘Farmer and Fisherman Public Interest Allowance’ will be accepted at each eup, myeon, and dong administrative welfare center until the 21st of next month.

The ‘Farmer and Fisherman Public Interest Allowance’ is a system being implemented for the first time this year to improve social issues in rural farming and fishing communities such as aging and population decline, and to promote the public interest value and multifunctional roles of agriculture, fisheries, and rural areas.

Applicants must be farmers or fishermen who are heads of management entities registered with agricultural and fishery management information, who have continuously resided in the city and engaged in agriculture or fisheries since before December 31, 2018.

Forestry workers can receive the allowance if they are heads of forestry management entities registered last year, following the implementation of management entity registration last year, and have continuously engaged in forestry since before December 31, 2018.

However, those with non-agricultural or fishery income exceeding 37 million KRW, those who have fraudulently received subsidies such as direct payments, public officials or employees of public institutions, households composed of public officials or employees of public institutions, or those who live together with the eligible head of the management entity for the Farmer and Fisherman Public Interest Allowance but have separated households are excluded from eligibility.

To apply, applicants must submit the application form along with the required documents to the administrative welfare center of their jurisdiction through the village head or community leader within the application period.

The city will finalize the list of recipients in April after verification by the Public Interest Allowance Committee and plans to pay 300,000 KRW each in Naju Sarang gift certificates in two installments: the first half of the year (May) and the second half (October).

Mayor Kang In-gyu said, “The Farmer and Fisherman Public Interest Allowance will not only recognize the public interest value of agriculture and fisheries but also contribute to establishing a virtuous economic cycle through the use of local gift certificates. We will continue to do our best to discover sustainable agricultural support policies so that the hard work and dedication of farmers, who protect agriculture as a national life industry, are respected.”

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