Jangseong-gun to Provide 'Basic Public Interest Direct Payment' to 8,237 Farms

[Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jo Hangyu] Jangseong-gun, Jeollanam-do (Governor Yoo Doo-seok) announced on the 24th that it will pay 14.918 billion KRW in the ‘2021 Basic Public Interest Direct Payment’ to 8,237 farming households.

The Basic Public Interest Direct Payment, implemented since last year, integrates and reorganizes six existing direct payment programs including rice direct payment, field crop direct payment, and disadvantaged condition direct payment. Its purpose is to stabilize farmers' income and enhance the public functions of agriculture and rural areas such as food safety and environmental conservation.

The small-scale direct payment, paid to farmers who meet the conditions of farmland area of 0.5 hectares or less, farming engagement period of 3 years or more, and rural residence period of 3 years or more, will be paid to 3,360 farmers totaling 3.964 billion KRW.

The area-based direct payment, which is paid differentially by dividing sections according to farmland area for regional farmers with farmland exceeding 0.5 hectares, will be paid to 4,877 farmers totaling 10.954 billion KRW.

A county official said, “Farmers have faced great difficulties due to labor shortages caused by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and abnormal weather conditions. We hope this direct payment will provide some support to the farming economy.”

Jangseong=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Jo Hangyu chg6001@asiae.co.kr

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