Hamyang-gun Implements Direct Payment System for Strategic Crops to Improve Food Self-Sufficiency Rate

Support Benefits for Cultivating Designated Crops

Gyeongnam Hamyang-gun Agricultural Technology Center.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Soon-kyung] On the 9th, Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam Province announced that the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs will implement a strategic crop direct payment system to improve food self-sufficiency and stabilize rice supply and demand.

The strategic crop direct payment project is a 100% government-funded initiative that expands and reorganizes the existing direct payment for paddy fields. It aims to reduce the cultivation area of rice for table consumption according to demand while expanding the production of import-dependent crops. When other crops such as soybeans or forage are monocropped or double-cropped on paddy fields previously used for rice cultivation, payments of 5 to 25 million KRW per hectare will be provided.

In particular, for summer forage monocropping, 43 million KRW per hectare will be paid, and for double cropping of winter (wheat) and summer forage or winter and summer forage, 48 million KRW per hectare will be provided.

The applicants for the strategic crop direct payment project are farmers or agricultural corporations registered as agricultural management entities. Eligible farmland includes farmland registered under the Agricultural Management Entity Act, farmland created after January 1, 1998, and farmland that can be used as paddy fields regardless of land category according to the Farmland Act, maintaining the shape and function of farmland.

Detailed project implementation guidelines are expected to be issued around mid-month, and upon issuance, notifications will be sent to the town and township offices. Interested farmers can contact their local town or township office in advance and receive consultation by visiting.

A county official stated, “The rice cultivation reduction target for Hamyang-gun this year is 184 hectares (74 hectares under the strategic crop direct payment system and 110 hectares for other crop cultivation on paddy fields).” He added, “This year, along with the strategic crop direct payment system, the project for cultivating other crops on paddy fields will be implemented simultaneously. If appropriate rice production is achieved, it is expected to contribute to receiving a proper purchase price through rice production adjustment.”

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