Yeonggwang-gun to Accept Applications for 'Basic Public Interest Direct Payment' Starting Next Month 1st

[Yeonggwang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seong-jeong] Yeonggwang-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Kim Jun-seong) announced on the 17th that it will accept applications for the ‘Public Interest Direct Payment System’ from next month 1st to May 31st in accordance with the implementation of the Basic Public Interest Direct Payment Project.

The eligible farmland for payment is farmland that has received direct payments at least once between 2017 and 2019.

Applicants must be those who have registered agricultural management entity information and have received direct payments at least once between 2016 and 2019, or successor farmers, full-time farmers, or farmers engaged in agriculture on eligible farmland of 1,000㎡ or more (excluding fallow land) for at least one year during the three years prior to the registration year.

Farmers who wish to receive the basic public interest direct payment should visit the town or township office of the farmland location with the application form, lease contract, and other required documents within the application period to submit their application.

The Basic Public Interest Direct Payment System, implemented under the ‘Agriculture and Rural Public Interest Direct Payment Act,’ is a subsidy system that supports farmers to promote the public interest functions of agriculture and rural areas and stabilize the income of farmers, divided into small-scale direct payments and area-based direct payments.

A county official stated, “In line with the implementation of the Public Interest Direct Payment System, each town and township is making thorough preparations on site, and plans to complete applications and submissions by May and pay the basic public interest direct payments to farmers by November.”

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