Public Interest Direct Payment Compliance Inspection for Farms Until the End of September

[Sejong=Asia Economy Reporter Moon Chaeseok] The National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service announced on the 30th that it plans to inspect whether farms are properly complying with the Public Interest Direct Payment System from next month 1st to September 30th. The Public Interest Direct Payment System is a program that provides subsidies to farmers to encourage them to fulfill public interest functions such as food safety.

The agency will review whether mandatory requirements such as the appropriateness of the applied farmland and the safe use of pesticides are properly observed, and then notify the results to local governments. In particular, it will focus on whether the shape and function of the farmland are maintained, the safe use of pesticides, and the collection and proper disposal of agricultural waste. Based on the investigation results, local governments will determine the amount of direct payment reduction. Areas that are unsuitable for application, such as retired farmland, will be excluded from payment, and 10% of the direct payment for the corresponding farmer will be deducted.

Lee Joo-myung, head of the National Agricultural Products Quality Management Service, said, "We plan to thoroughly conduct compliance inspections to ensure that public interest direct payments are provided to farmers who comply with the requirements such as maintaining farmland shape and function and safe pesticide use," and emphasized, "Farms applying for public interest direct payments must faithfully fulfill mandatory compliance requirements to promote the public interest functions of agriculture and rural areas."

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