Gyeonggi-do to Conduct 'Farmland Usage Survey' by the End of This Year

[Asia Economy (Suwon) = Reporter Lee Young-gyu] Gyeonggi Province is launching an intensive farmland use survey.

On the 19th, Gyeonggi Province announced that it will conduct the '2022 Farmland Use Survey' targeting 31 cities and counties within the province by the end of this year.

The farmland use survey is an investigation to verify facts related to farmland ownership, transactions, use, and conversion, and it has been mandated to be conducted annually starting this year.

This year, the province plans to focus on surveying farmland owned by agricultural corporations, foreigners, and overseas Koreans with foreign nationality, farmland within land transaction permission zones, farmland acquired after issuance of farmland acquisition qualification certificates within the last five years (2017?2021), farmland acquired by non-residents, and farmland acquired with shared ownership by two or more persons.

The survey will investigate the agricultural management of farmland owners and illegal conversion, detect unauthorized fallow land and illegal leases, and further check compliance with farmland ownership requirements for agricultural corporations (at least one-third of executive directors must be farmers).

If violations of the Farmland Act such as illegal ownership, leasing, or unauthorized fallow land are found through the farmland use survey, administrative measures including imposition of farmland disposal obligations and legal actions will be taken after due hearing procedures.

Hwang In-soon, Director of the Agricultural Policy Division of the province, stated, "Through this farmland use survey, we will do our best to prevent farmland from becoming a target of speculation and to realize the principle of farming by those who cultivate the land as stipulated in the Constitution."

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