Jangseong-gun Provides 'Basic Public Interest Direct Payment' to Farmers

[Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jo Hangyu] Jangseong County, Jeonnam (Governor Yoo Dooseok) announced on the 17th that it has paid the '2020 Basic Public Interest Direct Payment'.

The Basic Public Interest Direct Payment is a system that integrates and reorganizes six existing direct payment projects, including rice direct payment, field crop direct payment, and conditional disadvantage direct payment, aiming to stabilize farmers' income, ensure food safety, and promote the public functions of agriculture and rural areas such as environmental conservation.

It supports 8,232 farms (7,488 hectares) in the region, amounting to a total of 15.551 billion KRW, which is 2.1 times larger than last year's direct payment amount (7.432 billion KRW).

The direct payments are divided into small-scale direct payments and area-based direct payments.

The small-scale direct payment is given to farmers who meet the conditions such as having farmland area of 0.5 hectares or less, engaging in farming for more than 3 years, and residing in rural areas for more than 3 years.

The area-based direct payment targets local farmers with farmland exceeding 0.5 hectares, and payments are differentiated by area brackets.

The county paid small-scale direct payments to a total of 3,281 people (3.87 billion KRW) and area-based direct payments to 4,951 people (11.68 billion KRW).

A county official said, "This year, farmers faced great difficulties due to COVID-19 and concentrated summer heavy rains," and added, "We hope the basic direct payment helps stabilize farm management."

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