South Korea: Han Nong-yeon, statement urging measures for pear destruction, heat and damage

Published Oct 23, 2024

Tridge summary

The Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC) is advocating for enhancements in crop disaster insurance to cover blind spots, particularly after recent heat waves left farmers uncompensated due to current policies not covering such damage. This situation underscores the necessity for a more comprehensive, field-oriented disaster insurance system. While the government plans to expand policy insurance to better handle natural disaster risks, KRC stresses the urgency of addressing these issues, especially in hard-hit areas like pear-producing regions. Although local governments and cooperatives are offering support, KRC calls for more decisive government action to investigate and mitigate the damage.
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In addition, the Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC) demanded that blind spots in the system be reduced by improving crop disaster insurance. The Korea Rural Community Corporation (KRC) pointed out that “the realization of crop disaster insurance is also an important task for improvement. In the case of this heat wave damage, the terms and conditions of crop disaster insurance do not contain any information on heat wave damage after the heat wave, so farmers cannot receive compensation for the damage at all.” The government recently announced a comprehensive plan for Korean-style income and management safety nets, which expanded policy insurance to manage management risks such as natural disasters and announced the operation of crop disaster insurance that meets on-site needs. Therefore, we should thoroughly inspect blind spots in policy insurance that may occur due to abnormal weather such as this heat wave damage and make every effort to establish a field-oriented disaster ...
Source: Agrinet

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