Damyang-gun Promotes Broad Management Stability for Elderly Small-Scale Farmers

Support for Agricultural Disaster Insurance and Joint Pest and Disease Control

Damyang-gun, Jeollanam-do, has embarked on a broad initiative to stabilize the management of elderly small-scale farmers in the region.

On the 31st, Damyang-gun announced that it will support agricultural disaster insurance, rice seedling production, and joint pest control.

The elderly population aged 65 and over in the area numbers about 15,500, accounting for approximately 35% of the total population. This indicates that the region has entered a serious super-aged society beyond mere aging.

Accordingly, from the 8th term of the civilian administration, Damyang-gun has relaxed the support criteria for elderly small-scale farms from those aged 65 and over with less than 0.7ha of cultivated land to those with less than 1.0ha, allowing more beneficiaries to receive support.

Additionally, when elderly small-scale farmers subscribe to agricultural safety insurance and crop disaster insurance, the county government will cover 10% of the self-pay cost, and 2,000 KRW per box will be supported for purchasing rice seedlings.

Furthermore, support for joint pest control of rice has been expanded from covering pest control costs to also covering pesticide expenses, providing 440,000 KRW per hectare, and costs for weed cutting for eco-friendly rice farmers are also supported. In total, a budget of 580 million KRW is being invested to stabilize the management of elderly small-scale farms.

Lee Byung-no, the mayor of Damyang-gun, said, “We are preparing and implementing various support projects to stabilize the management of elderly small-scale farms in the region,” adding, “We will do our best to promote these so that many farms can benefit.”

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