Sunchang-gun Accepts Applications for 'Eco-friendly Agriculture Direct Payment Project' Until Next Month

On the 10th, Sunchang-gun, Jeonbuk announced that it will accept applications for the eco-friendly agriculture direct payment project from certified eco-friendly farms at the administrative welfare centers of towns and townships where farmland is located until the end of next month.

Sunchang Government Office Exterior View
[Photo by Sunchang-gun]

The eco-friendly direct payment project is divided into two types: the eco-friendly direct payment system supported by the national government and the eco-friendly organic agriculture promotion project independently supported by the city and county.

The eco-friendly agriculture direct payment system is a project aimed at promoting the spread of eco-friendly agriculture and preserving the agricultural environment by compensating farmers practicing eco-friendly agriculture for initial income loss and production cost differences compared to general eco-friendly farms.

In connection with this, the eco-friendly organic agriculture promotion project supports farms whose eco-friendly agriculture direct payment has expired to prevent them from reverting to conventional farming methods. If certified under the organic sustainability type among certification types, direct payments can be continuously received without a time limit.

The support targets are farmers and agricultural corporations producing eco-friendly agricultural products on farmland practicing eco-friendly agriculture, and support varies from 500,000 to 1,400,000 KRW per hectare depending on the certification type and cultivated items per farm.

County Governor Choi Young-il said, “Eco-friendly agriculture can protect the health of residents and preserve the agricultural environment to create sustainable agriculture and rural areas. We will continue to promote benefits provided to eco-friendly practicing farms so that eco-friendly agriculture can be further expanded.”

He added, “We ask for the continuous interest and practice of farmers to promote the expansion of certified areas and items of eco-friendly agricultural products, which is a pledge project of Sunchang-gun.”

For more details, inquiries can be made to the Eco-friendly Agriculture Team at the Agricultural Technology Center and the administrative welfare centers of the respective towns and townships.

Sunchang = Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Jeong Young-gwon baekok@asiae.co.kr

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