Gwonseon-gu Receives Applications from 606 Farmers for Rice and Upland Crop Direct Payment Program

Gwonseon-gu in Suwon announced on the 21st that the application period for the '2012 Rice and Upland Crop Direct Payment Program' has closed with a total of 606 applicants and an applied area of 234.3 hectares.

The district completed verification work through on-site inspections and review committee assessments by July 31st to verify whether applicants meet eligibility requirements and whether they actually engaged in farming activities.

Subsequently, the district issued payment eligibility certificates and sent them to applicants' addresses so that they could make final confirmations of their 2012 Rice and Upland Crop Direct Payment Program registration application details.

The district plans to confirm final payment recipients by the end of November and distribute the rice (fixed-type) and upland crop direct payment funds in December.

An official from Gwonseon-gu requested that "applicants receiving the eligibility certificate should carefully review their application details including applied area and whether any fields are missing, and should file an objection with the Economic Transportation Division (228~6373) if there are any changes."