Gwangju City to Recruit Farms Participating in Agricultural Workers' Monthly Salary System Until the 26th

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 13th that it is recruiting farms to participate in the 2021 Agricultural Workers' Monthly Salary Support Project until the 26th.

The Agricultural Workers' Monthly Salary System is a system that provides agricultural workers, who have no steady income until the harvest of agricultural products, with a portion of their harvest income in advance like a monthly salary to enable stable distribution of agricultural income and planned agricultural management. Gwangju City compensates for the interest incurred from the advance payment.

Rice farmers wishing to participate in the project must sign a self-purchase agreement with the local agricultural cooperative and submit an application form for the Agricultural Workers' Monthly Salary Project. If confirmed as a support target early next month, up to 2 million KRW per month will be paid for seven months (March to September) according to the application volume per farm (up to 350 bags / 40kg per bag of rough rice).

The city first implemented the Agricultural Workers' Monthly Salary System among metropolitan local governments in 2018 and supported 320 farms to receive about 2.7 billion KRW in monthly salaries until last year.

Kim Hyun-jung, head of the Life Agriculture Division of the city, said, “Rice farmers may face economic difficulties especially until the autumn harvest season, so we hope many farms apply to receive benefits to help stabilize agricultural management.”

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