Gapyeong-gun Completes Payment of 4.9 Billion KRW in 2024 Public Interest Direct Payments

Agricultural Workers 4,305 People Targeted
Small-scale Direct Payment of 1.3 Million Won per Household Provided

Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province (Governor Seo Tae-won) announced on the 6th that it has paid approximately 4.9 billion KRW in the 2024 Basic Public Interest Direct Payment to 4,305 farmers in the region.

Gapyung County Office building. Provided by Gapyung County

The Public Interest Direct Payment System is a program that provides direct payments to qualified farmers under the "Agriculture and Rural Public Interest Direct Payment Act" to strengthen the public interest functions of agriculture and rural areas and to promote income stability for farmers.

The public interest direct payments disbursed this time are divided into small-scale direct payments and area-based direct payments. Small-scale direct payments amounted to 3 billion KRW for 2,305 recipients, while area-based direct payments totaled 1.9 billion KRW for about 2,000 recipients.

Small-scale direct payments target farmers with cultivated land areas between 0.1 and 0.5 hectares. These recipients must meet eight criteria including △residence in rural areas △engagement in farming for at least three years as of the previous year △ownership of less than 1.55 hectares of farmland per household △comprehensive income outside agriculture below 20 million KRW △total household income below 45 million KRW, among others. Qualified households receive 1.3 million KRW per household. Area-based direct payments are paid differentially according to the payment tier rates.

A Gapyeong-gun official stated, “We hope that the Basic Public Interest Direct Payment will help stabilize farmers’ incomes,” adding, “Next year, we will do our best to ensure that all eligible households receive the direct payment benefits without any omissions.”

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