Jeongeup-si Expands Payment of 'Farmer and Fisherman Public Interest Allowance' to Beekeeping and Fishing Households

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jae-gil] Jeongeup City, Jeonbuk Province announced on the 26th that it will expand the recipients of the agricultural and fishery public interest allowance, which recognizes the public value of agriculture and rural areas and aims to improve the quality of life of farmers, and provide payments accordingly.

The farmer public interest allowance is a project implemented to create a sustainable agricultural and rural environment by preserving and enhancing the public functions of agriculture and rural areas.

This year, the city decided to expand the payment recipients to include not only farming and forestry households, which were eligible last year, but also beekeeping households and fishing households.

Applications will be accepted from April 1 to April 30 at the town and township offices and neighborhood community centers of each address.

This year, a total of 11,316 households (11,270 in agriculture, 46 in fishery) will be targeted, with a total project cost of 6.79 billion KRW, and 600,000 KRW will be uniformly paid per household annually.

The payment recipients are households that have had a residence and agricultural (fishery) management entity in the province for two or more consecutive years as of the application year, cultivating 1,000㎡ or more, and households registered as beekeeping households.

However, those with non-agricultural income exceeding 37 million KRW, those who have fraudulently received subsidies such as direct payments, and those who have separated households while living with the payment recipient are excluded from the payment recipients.

Farmers receiving the public interest allowance must maintain the shape and function of rice paddies and fields and comply with appropriate usage amounts of chemical fertilizers and pesticides.

In addition, beekeepers must carry out beekeeping maintenance and management, maintain the safety of beekeeping products, and implement pest and disease control for honeybees.

The city will confirm the eligibility of applicants and finalize the payment recipients, and plans to pay the allowance in Jeonghyangnuri gift certificates in September before the Chuseok holiday.

Mayor Yoo Jin-seop said, “As a key pledge project of the 7th elected administration and a long-cherished wish of farmers, the payment of the farmer public interest allowance will be an opportunity to instill pride and fulfillment in farmers,” and added, “We will continue to do our best to create sustainable agriculture and rural areas.”

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