Jeongeup-si to Pay 'Double Cropping Direct Payments' to Over 1,700 Farming Households

[Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] Jeongeup City, Jeonbuk Province, will pay 2.3 billion KRW in "paddy double-cropping direct payments" to stabilize the income of farmers utilizing and managing rice paddies and to promote the public value of agriculture and rural areas.

According to the city on the 1st, the paddy double-cropping direct payment system is a policy aimed at stabilizing the income of farmers cultivating field crops and increasing the self-sufficiency rate of major field crops.

It is paid to farmers and agricultural corporations registered as agricultural management entities who cultivate food crops such as barley and wheat, and forage crops in rice paddies from October of the previous year to June of this year.

This year, about 1,700 farms in the region cultivating double-cropping in rice paddies are eligible for payment.

The target crops include food crops such as rice barley, wheat, and potatoes, and forage crops such as green barley and Italian ryegrass, with a payment rate of 500,000 KRW per hectare.

The city received applications from February to March, verified eligibility and compliance, and recently finalized the list of recipients.

The city plans to sequentially deposit the payments into the applicants' bank accounts starting from today.

An official from the Agricultural Technology Center said, "We hope this direct payment will provide some support to farms struggling due to COVID-19," and added, "We will continue to do our best to help increase farm income."

Meanwhile, Jeongeup City's paddy double-cropping cultivation area is 4,660 hectares, accounting for about 5% of the national total of 93,000 hectares.

Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil gjg7070@asiae.co.kr

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