Gurye-gun to Implement Rice Paddy Crop Diversification Support Project This Year

Proactively Addressing Rice Surplus by Cultivating Alternative Income Crops Instead of Rice in Paddy Fields

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yuk Miseok] Gurye-gun announced on the 15th that it is accepting applications for this year's paddy field alternative crop cultivation support project until the end of this month to solve the problem of rice oversupply and improve the self-sufficiency rate of food crops.

The county will support farmers cultivating legumes and general crops on paddy fields with a total of 61 million KRW for 24.6 hectares of farmland.

The target applicants are farmers and agricultural corporations cultivating legumes or general crops other than rice on an area of 1,000㎡ or more this year, and the support will be provided uniformly at 2.5 million KRW per hectare.

County Governor Kim Sunho said, "We hope for great interest and active participation in the paddy field alternative crop cultivation support project to increase farmers' income through stabilizing rice prices."

Meanwhile, last year, the county supported 72.3 hectares with more than 230 million KRW through the paddy field alternative crop cultivation support project.

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