Idonsung, Wanju County Governor Preliminary Candidate, "I Will Raise the Farmers' Public Interest Allowance"

From 600,000 to 900,000 KRW per farm annually... Gradual Increase Promised Within Term

[Wanju=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho] Lee Don-seung, a preliminary candidate for Wanju County Governor, promised on the 8th to immediately raise the farmers' public interest allowance to 900,000 KRW per household per year and to gradually increase it during his term.

Candidate Lee stated that if the public interest allowance is increased from the current 600,000 KRW to 900,000 KRW without provincial government support, it is expected to cost an additional 2.8 billion KRW.

He also expressed that since there is a strong demand from farmers to raise the allowance to 1.2 million KRW per year, he will negotiate with Jeonbuk Province, which bears 40% of the support cost, to gradually increase the allowance during his term.

In the case of Wanju County, 8,957 households in 2020 and 9,410 households in 2021 received the farmers' public interest allowance of 600,000 KRW per year in the form of Wanju Love Gift Certificates.

The budget spent on this was 5.4 billion KRW and 5.646 billion KRW respectively, with a cost-sharing ratio of 40% provincial government and 60% county government.

Candidate Lee said, "To create a rural area that does not lose population and agriculture with competitiveness, indirect support must be combined with direct subsidies, and the scale must also increase. I will ensure that the increase in the farmers' public interest allowance provides some help to the farmers."

Wanju=Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Han-ho stonepeak@asiae.co.kr

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