Boseong-gun, Early Payment of 23.8 Billion KRW in Direct Payments More Than Doubled Per Farm

9318 Farms Receive 23.8 Billion Won, Over 10 Billion Won Increase from Last Year

[Boseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Chunsu] To support farmers who are having a difficult year due to damages caused by the spread of COVID-19, summer monsoons, and typhoons, Boseong-gun has advanced the payment schedule for direct payments.

On the 23rd, Boseong-gun, Jeollanam-do announced that it will make early payments of the Basic Public Direct Payment (hereinafter referred to as Public Direct Payment) starting from late this month.

The scale of this Public Direct Payment is 23.862 billion KRW for 9,318 households, which is about twice the amount of last year (13.9 billion KRW), and the amount received per household is expected to be up to 2 to 5 times higher.

By cultivation scale, the small farmer direct payment for farmers cultivating 0.1 to 0.5 hectares or less is 4.1 billion KRW (3,491 households), and the area-based direct payment, which is divided into three stages according to cultivation area of 0.5 to 2 hectares, 2 to 6 hectares, and over 6 hectares, applying a regressive unit price, amounts to 19.7 billion KRW (5,827 households).

In particular, the small farmer direct payment paid per household is 1.2 million KRW regardless of area if seven payment conditions are met (cultivation of 0.5 hectares or less, farmland ownership area less than 1.55 hectares, rural residence for more than 3 years, farming engagement for more than 3 years, individual non-farming income under 20 million KRW, household non-farming income under 45 million KRW, etc.).

County Governor Kim Cheol-woo said, “Due to the unusually long monsoon and typhoons this year, we decided to make early payments of the Public Direct Payment to help farmers who are having a difficult year,” adding, “With the introduction of the Public Direct Payment system, the amount received per household has increased, and especially small farmers are expected to benefit greatly. We hope this early payment will support farming activities.”

Meanwhile, the Basic Public Direct Payment system was introduced and implemented last May to address the shortcomings of the existing direct payment system, which favored rice farming over dry-field farming and large-scale farmers over small-scale farmers. It aims to resolve the rice-centered phenomenon and enhance income stabilization functions for medium and small-scale farms to improve fairness among farming households.

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