Jeongeup-si to Provide 600,000 Won 'Public Interest Allowance' for Farmers and Fishermen

Published 07 Feb.2022 13:48(KST)

[Jeongeup=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] Jeongeup City, Jeonbuk Province, will provide the ‘Nong-eomin Public Interest Allowance’ to farmers and fishermen engaged in agriculture and fisheries.

According to the city on the 7th, the Nong-eomin Public Interest Allowance is a project implemented to create a sustainable agricultural and fishing village environment by preserving and enhancing the public interest functions of agriculture, fisheries, and rural areas.

This year’s project budget is 6.94 billion KRW.

The support target is farms that have had an address and agricultural management entity in the province for more than two consecutive years since December 31, 2019, and cultivate more than 1,000㎡ of farmland in the province.

Beekeeping farms must have been registered as beekeeping farms in the city or county in the province by December 31 of last year and must raise bees (at least 10 native bee colonies, 30 Western bee colonies, or 30 mixed colonies). Fishing farms must be fishing households with valid permits for aquaculture or fish seed production and inland water fishery reports according to fisheries-related laws.

However, those with non-agricultural income exceeding 37 million KRW, those who have fraudulently received various subsidies, those involved in illegal activities related to farmland, mountain areas, or beekeeping industry, illegal burning of agricultural by-products or waste farming materials, or those who live with the payment target but have separated households are excluded from the payment target.

Qualified farmers and fishermen can submit applications and required documents to their local eup/myeon office or dong office by April 28.

The city plans to select the final recipients by verifying the registration of agricultural management entities, income, and duplicate applications within one household for the applicants.

The payment will be made once a year, 600,000 KRW, in Jeonghyangnuri gift certificates in September, expecting to have a revitalizing effect on the local economy.

A city official said, “We hope that all eligible farmers apply within the application period without exception,” and added, “We expect this public interest allowance payment to help not only farmers and fishermen struggling due to COVID-19 but also small business owners.”