Ulju-gun, Basic Public Direct Payment Application Now Open

March 2 to April 28, Visit to Eup/Myeon Administrative Welfare Centers in Farmland Locations

Ulsan City Ulju-gun will accept applications for the 2023 Basic Public Interest Direct Payment from March 2 to April 28.

Ulju County Office.

The Basic Public Interest Direct Payment is designed to promote the public functions of agriculture and rural areas and to help stabilize farmers' incomes. It is supported as the 2023 Basic Public Interest Direct Payment Project.

Eligible applicants include those who have received direct payments since 2016, successor farmers, full-time farmers selected by policy, new applicants, and those subject to succession.

This year, the requirement that farmland must have received direct payments at least once between 2017 and 2019 has been removed, expanding the eligibility compared to the previous year.

The Basic Public Interest Direct Payment is divided into two types: small-scale farmer direct payment and area-based direct payment. Small-scale farmers receive 1.2 million KRW per household, while area-based direct payments are calculated using a regressive unit price according to area brackets.

Eligible farmers and agricultural corporations should visit the administrative welfare centers in the towns and townships where their farmland is located during the application period to submit the application form and required documents such as lease contracts.

However, new applicants and out-of-area cultivators (those whose residence and farmland are more than 50 km apart) must additionally submit a cultivation confirmation letter signed by at least three people, including the village head and two or more local farmers.

Farmers who have no changes in their basic direct payment registration information from last year and their agricultural management entity registration information this year, and who meet the eligibility criteria, will receive a separate application guidance text message. They can also apply easily online or via smartphone until the 28th.

Ulju-gun plans to verify eligibility and compliance starting in June for those who applied, finalize the payment amount, and disburse the direct payments in November.

If farmers fail to comply with 17 agricultural compliance requirements such as proper management of agricultural waste and completion of farmer education, their direct payments may be reduced.

For more details, contact the Ulju-gun Agricultural Policy Division, the administrative welfare centers in towns and townships, or the telephone consultation center (for online applications, inquire at the Public Interest Direct Payment Call Center).

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