Hamyang-gun to Accept Applications for 'Agricultural and Fishery Workers Allowance' Starting March 4

30 Million KRW Paid to Agricultural Business Registrants and Co-Managers Each

Hamyang-gun, Gyeongnam Province, will accept applications for the Agricultural and Fishery Workers Allowance Support Project from March 4 to April 12.

The Agricultural and Fishery Workers Allowance Support Project is a program subsidized by Gyeongsangnam-do and Hamyang-gun to enhance the public functions of rural areas and compensate agricultural and fishery workers for their activities. It was first launched in 2022 and provides an annual allowance of 300,000 KRW each to agricultural operators and co-operators registered as agricultural management entities.

Eligibility requires being a principal operator or co-operator registered in an agricultural management entity, residing continuously in the province from January 1 of the year prior to application until the application date. The principal operator must have been continuously registered in the agricultural management entity from January 1 of the previous year until the application date, while co-operators can be supported if registered before the application date.

Exclusions apply to those whose comprehensive income from non-agricultural and fishery sources was 37 million KRW or more two years prior, those penalized for violations of the Farmland Act, Mountainous Area Management Act, Livestock Epidemic Prevention Act, Fisheries Act, etc., in the year prior to application, those who have fraudulently received various subsidies in the previous year or are within the subsidy payment restriction period, and those who newly separated households while living with direct ascendants at the same address.

Hamyang-gun plans to support about 12,000 people this year with a total project budget of 9.82 billion KRW and will make payments in July after reviewing eligibility requirements.

An official from the county stated, “We expect this to contribute to the income security of farmers and the revitalization of the local economy,” adding, “We will thoroughly promote the project to ensure no eligible households are omitted.”

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