Sacheon-si Implements Rice Cultivation Area Adjustment System... Reduction of 379.9ha

Rice Oversupply Resolution and Rice Price Stabilization

Sacheon City in Gyeongnam Province will reduce the rice cultivation area within the city this year.

According to the city on the 8th, in accordance with the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs' policy, the 'Rice Cultivation Area Adjustment System' will be promoted to resolve the structural oversupply in the rice industry, stabilize rice prices, and secure farmers' income. The reduction target (planned) for this year is 379.9 hectares.

The city will encourage the reduction of rice cultivation area through participation in strategic crop direct payment programs such as rice bean and summer forage cultivation, cultivation of scenic crops, fallowing, and conversion of paddy fields to other crops. Additionally, the city plans to actively inform that area reduction transactions between farms will also be recognized as compliance with the reduction.

Sacheon City Hall.

After attending the Rice Cultivation Area Adjustment System briefing session to be held in Sejong Special Self-Governing City on the 15th, the city plans to send adjustment notices for rice cultivation area to each farm by the end of January.

Farms that comply with the rice cultivation area reduction will be given priority allocation of public stockpiled rice, while non-compliant farms will be excluded from the allocation of public stockpiled rice.

A city official said, "Considering the agricultural field situation, it is not easy to induce participation in the rice cultivation area adjustment system," and added, "We ask for your attention to avoid disadvantages due to non-compliance with mandatory adjustments when purchasing public stockpiled rice in 2025."

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs plans to allocate 80,000 hectares of rice cultivation reduction area nationwide by city and province, encouraging conversion to other crops and eco-friendly transitions to reduce the overall rice cultivation area.

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