Jeonnam Province Allocates 584.8 Billion Won for Agricultural Direct Payments

Increased by 72.1 Billion Won Compared to Last Year

Jeonnam Provincial Government Office Building View

Jeollanam-do announced on the 16th that it has allocated 584.8 billion won for agricultural direct payment-related budgets this year, an increase of 72.1 billion won compared to last year, as an income safety net for farmers. The province plans to expand support for the basic public direct payment, strategic crop direct payment for strengthening food security in the era of climate crisis, and low-carbon agriculture programs.

Jeollanam-do first increased the budget for the basic public direct payment, which serves as a basic income safety net for farmers, to 501.5 billion won, up 11.1 billion won from last year.

The payment rate for area-based direct payments was raised by an average of 5%. The area-based payment, which ranged from 1 million to 2.05 million won per hectare, will now be paid at 1.36 million to 2.15 million won per hectare.

In particular, to narrow the payment gap between paddy and upland fields, the payment rate for non-promotion area upland fields, which was 62-70% of the paddy field rate, was also raised to 80% of the paddy field payment rate.

The budget for strategic crop direct payments, aimed at stabilizing rice supply and demand and strengthening food security for crops highly dependent on imports, was increased from 54.5 billion won to 80.6 billion won.

This year, "sesame" was newly added as a summer item (1 million won per hectare), and to improve the grain self-sufficiency rate, the payment for wheat was raised from 500,000 won to 1 million won per hectare, and for summer forage crops from 4.3 million won to 5 million won per hectare.

In addition, to reduce greenhouse gas emissions generated during rice cultivation, the minimum application area for participation in low-carbon agriculture programs such as mid-season drainage and shallow intermittent irrigation has been eased from 50 hectares to 20 hectares, and the budget was increased from 900 million won to 2.7 billion won.

Yoo Deokgyu, head of the Food and Horticulture Division of Jeollanam-do, said, "Direct payments are a system provided to enhance the public functions of agriculture and rural areas and to stabilize farmers' incomes," and added, "We will continue to identify and propose various new selective direct payments, such as those responding to the climate crisis and fostering young farmers, to ensure sustainable agriculture and rural communities."

This content was produced with the assistance of AI translation services.