Geochang-gun Receives 'This Year's Rice Cultivation Area Adjustment Reduction Agreement'

Apply at the farmland location by May 31

Geochang-gun, Gyeongnam Province, is accepting applications for the 2023 Rice Cultivation Area Adjustment Reduction Agreement, which is being implemented to minimize the oversupply of rice, at the administrative welfare centers of towns and townships where the farmland is located until May 31.

Eligible applicants are farmers and agricultural corporations registered as agricultural management entities, who plan to cultivate other crops or leave the land fallow on farmland where rice was grown last year, or those who participated in the 2022 reduction agreement and received incentives but are cultivating other crops.

Geochang County Office, Gyeongnam.

There is no limit on the application area, but at least 34㎡ must be applied for to allocate public stockpiled rice, and it is possible to apply concurrently with the 2023 strategic crop direct payment and support projects for cultivating other crops in paddy fields.

The application farmland area for the agreement will be finalized in July, and in August, up to 300 bags of public stockpiled rice will be additionally allocated per farm based on 10,000㎡ (1 hectare). For farms cultivating rice and soybeans, full purchase of the desired quantity by the farm will also be supported.

County Governor Gu In-mo said, “To achieve Geochang-gun’s reduction target area of 235 hectares, we ask for active participation and cooperation from local full-time rice farmers, livestock farmers, and related organizations.”

Agricultural corporations and RP (Rice Processing Complexes) will be given bonus incentives when applying for Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs projects such as the Food Crop Joint Management Body Development Project and the RPC Rice Purchase Fund Support Project.

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