Gyeonggi-do to Accept Applications for Basic Public Direct Payment and Strategic Crop Direct Payment from February 1

Gyeonggi Provincial Government

Gyeonggi Province will begin accepting applications for the ‘Basic Public Interest Direct Payment’ and the ‘Strategic Crop Direct Payment’ starting next month on the 1st.

The Basic Public Interest Direct Payment is a subsidy provided to farmers and agricultural corporations who have registered their agricultural management information, aimed at encouraging the creation of public benefits such as food safety, environmental conservation, and rural maintenance through agricultural activities, as well as stabilizing farmers' incomes.

Small-scale farms meeting certain conditions with farmland areas of 0.5ha or less will receive an annual Small Farmer Direct Payment of 1.3 million KRW, while other farmers will receive area-based direct payments ranging from 1 million to 2.05 million KRW per hectare, with differentiated rates applied according to area segments.

This year’s changes include an increase in the Small Farmer Direct Payment rate from 1.2 million KRW to 1.3 million KRW per household to strengthen support for small and medium-sized farmers. Additionally, among the compliance requirements, the penalty rate will increase from 5% to 10% due to the end of the guidance period for ▲agricultural waste management ▲village community activities ▲and the preparation and storage of farming records. Non-face-to-face online applications will also be accepted until the 29th of next month.

Gyeonggi Province will also accept applications for the Strategic Crop Direct Payment until May 31. The Strategic Crop Direct Payment is a program that supports farmers with direct payments when cultivating winter or summer crops on paddy fields, aiming to improve food self-sufficiency rates, stabilize rice supply and demand, increase paddy field utilization, and promote income stability for farmers.

This year, the application period is divided into winter crops (February 1 to March 31) and summer crops (February 1 to May 31). Corn (100 KRW per 1㎡) has been newly added to summer crops, and the category has been expanded from the existing paddy field soybeans (100 KRW per 1㎡) to legumes (200 KRW per 1㎡) with an increased rate.

Winter crops include food and forage crops such as hulless barley, rice barley, wheat, rye, oats, alfalfa, and green barley, which can be harvested before the end of June.

Summer crops include corn, legumes, rice flour, or forage crops that must be harvested before the end of October, and apply to farmland actually used for paddy field agriculture with at least 0.1 hectares according to the agricultural management registration information.

Applications can be submitted by visiting the jurisdictional reception institution with the largest farmland area for which the direct payment is being applied.

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