Haenam-gun Provides 1.5 Billion Won Support for Damage Recovery from Abnormal Low Temperatures

Myeong Hyeon-gwan, Haenam County Governor, visited a kiwi farm damaged by frost on April 28th to conduct an on-site inspection. (Photo by Haenam County)

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Hyun] Haenam-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Myeong Hyun-gwan) announced on the 12th that it will provide 1.5 billion KRW in damage recovery funds to farms affected by abnormal low temperatures this spring.

This recovery fund will be provided for 1,226 hectares of general crops such as fruit trees, wheat, and sweet potatoes damaged by low temperatures during the flowering period in early April, as well as 145 hectares of garlic affected by physiological disorders (beolmaneul) caused by high temperatures during the growing period.

Farmers will receive direct support for pesticide costs according to the scale and extent of the damage, as well as indirect support such as deferred repayment of agricultural management funds. The pesticide cost support rate is 1.99 million KRW per hectare for fruit trees and 1.92 million KRW per hectare for vegetables.

In particular, support for beolmaneul damage, which occurs when the side shoots of garlic burst during the secondary growth phase, was reflected in this damage support after Haenam-gun repeatedly requested recognition of this as an agricultural disaster.

Warm temperatures and soil moisture conditions during last winter accelerated garlic growth, causing beolmaneul damage.

A Haenam-gun official said, “We hope that the recovery fund support will help stabilize the management of affected farms even a little,” and added, “We will do our best to prevent agricultural disasters such as heavy rains and typhoons in the future.”

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