Jeongeup-si "Farmers, Hurry to Apply for the Public Interest Allowance"

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] Jeongeup City, Jeonbuk Province, is encouraging applications for the ‘2021 Farmer Public Interest Allowance Support Project,’ which closes on the 30th.

The Farmer Public Interest Allowance is a project implemented to preserve and enhance the public functions of agriculture and rural areas, thereby creating a sustainable agricultural and rural environment and improving the quality of life for residents.

The support targets are farms that, as of January 1, 2021, have had their resident registration address continuously in Jeonbuk Province for more than two years, have maintained agricultural management entity registration for more than two years, and actually cultivate 1,000㎡ or more within Jeonbuk Province.

This year, newly included support targets are beekeeping farms and fisheries farms.

Beekeeping farms must be registered in the province’s cities and counties as of January 1, 2021 (10 native bee colonies, 30 Western bee colonies, 30 mixed colonies) and must be raising honeybees. Fisheries farms must have had their resident registration address in Jeonbuk Province for more than two years as of January 1, 2021, and have maintained fisheries management entity registration for more than two years.

Accordingly, the number of eligible farms for the Jeongeup City Farmer Public Interest Allowance, including beekeeping (50 farms) and fisheries (46 farms), is 11,316 farms, an increase of 688 farms compared to 10,628 farms last year.

Accordingly, the budget increased by about 360 million KRW from about 6.42 billion KRW last year to about 6.789 billion KRW.

According to the city, as of the 6th, 10,771 farms among all eligible applicants have applied.

The city plans to pay 600,000 KRW annually per farm in ‘Jeonghyangnuri Gift Certificates (Jeongeup Regional Gift Certificates)’ by September (before Chuseok) to eligible recipients, creating a virtuous cycle for revitalizing the local economy.

A city official said, “As the application deadline for the Farmer Public Interest Allowance approaches, we will focus on promoting the project and encouraging applications to prevent any omissions. We will continue to make greater efforts to instill pride and fulfillment in farmers and to create sustainable agriculture and rural communities.”

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