Yangju City Receives Applications for Second Half Basic Farmer Income

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Lim Hong-soon] Yangju City announced on the 10th that it will accept applications for the Basic Farmer Income program until October 11.

This application round targets farmers who were unable to apply in the first half.

Eligible applicants are farmers who have resided in Yangju City for at least two consecutive years (or five or more non-consecutive years within Gyeonggi Province) and have been engaged in actual agricultural production activities such as crop cultivation, livestock farming, or forestry for at least one consecutive year in Yangju City (or three or more consecutive years within Gyeonggi Province).

Applicants can either visit the eup-myeon-dong Administrative Welfare Center in their residential area or apply directly through the Integrated Support System for Basic Farmer Income. For online applications, submissions are available starting from the 19th.

Those excluded from payment include recipients of basic public agricultural payments through fraudulent means, farmers with non-agricultural comprehensive income of 37 million won or more, agricultural workers receiving wages through employment in the agricultural sector, and those eligible for youth basic income support. Those who receive payments through fraudulent methods may face payment recovery and be restricted from applying for five years.

Upon completion of application acceptance, eligible recipients will be determined through a verification process and payments will be made in December, with retroactive payments from the month in which beneficiaries met the qualification criteria.

Meanwhile, the city accepted applications in March for the first half, selected 6,020 eligible recipients, and paid 300,000 won in local currency for January through June.