Hapcheon-gun Completes Payment of Basic Public Interest Direct Payments, the Highest in Gyeongnam

Public Interest Direct Payments of 18.9 Billion Won to Be Distributed This Year

Hapcheon-gun, Gyeongnam announced on the 20th that it has completed the payment of 18.9 billion KRW in the 2023 Basic Public Interest Direct Payment, which supports basic agricultural income. This is the largest amount in Gyeongnam.

The Public Interest Direct Payment system is a project aimed at promoting the public functions of agriculture and rural areas, such as environmental conservation, rural maintenance, and food safety through agricultural activities, as well as stabilizing farmers' income. Since 2020, it has been integrated into the "Basic Public Interest Direct Payment" and is paid either as a small-scale farmer direct payment or area-based direct payment.

Hapcheon County Office.

Through compliance inspections and income verification for eligible farmers and farmland applicants, the final payment targets in Hapcheon-gun who maintained their eligibility by September 30 are 11,262 people, 8,277 hectares, and 18.9 billion KRW.

In particular, starting this year, the legal provision requiring that farmland eligible for the Basic Public Interest Direct Payment must have received rice, field crop, or disadvantaged condition direct payments at least once during the period from 2017 to 2019 has been removed, thereby expanding the payment targets.

A county official stated, "We expect that the Public Interest Direct Payment will contribute to stabilizing farmers' income who protect agricultural sites and to spreading the public functions created by agriculture and rural areas," adding, "Next year, the small-scale farmer direct payment is scheduled to increase to 1.3 million KRW, so we will strive to ensure that more benefits reach farmers."

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