Naju City to Distribute 'Basic Public Interest Direct Payments' to Over 14,000 Farms

[Naju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Han-hyuk Lee] Naju City, Jeollanam-do (Mayor Kang In-gyu) announced on the 20th that it will begin disbursing basic public interest direct payments worth 31.6 billion KRW to approximately 14,000 farms in the jurisdiction.

The basic public interest direct payment system was introduced to strengthen the public functions of agriculture and rural areas, such as environmental conservation through agricultural activities, rural maintenance, and food safety.

Especially from this year, six existing direct payment programs, including fixed and variable rice payments, fixed field payments, and disadvantaged condition direct payments, have been integrated and reorganized to stabilize farmers' incomes.

Unlike the previous direct payment system, which paid different amounts according to the cultivated crops and field area, payments are now divided into 'area direct payments' and 'small-scale farmer direct payments.'

Area direct payments are classified into three stages with regressive unit prices applied, while small-scale farmer direct payments provide a fixed amount of 1.2 million KRW regardless of area.

The total direct payment amount is 31.597 billion KRW, a significant increase of 15.7 billion KRW compared to last year.

Of this, small-scale farmer direct payments for farms between 0.1 and 0.5 hectares amount to 5.7 billion KRW (4,804 farms), and area direct payments divided by sections such as 0.5?2 hectares and 2?6 hectares total 25.9 billion KRW (9,783 farms).

Mayor Kang In-gyu said, “Considering this year’s heavy rains and typhoon damage, we decided to advance the payment schedule of the reorganized basic public interest direct payments by about a month,” adding, “We hope this will be a great help to farms struggling to secure farming funds.”

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