Sejong City, damage from rice blast disease severe…'All-out effort' to minimize farm damage through on-site investigation

Due to the effects of abnormal weather, discoloration and reduced quantity of rice grains are becoming more common... Support for pesticide costs and disaster relief funds for affected farms In every paddy field where the rice heads droop, black spots are clearly visible. The distress of farmers is deepening as the damage from "black seed spot disease" in rice spreads throughout the rice-growing areas in Sejong City. Sejong Special Self-Governing City (Mayor Choi Minho) announced on the 22nd that it will accept damage reports through the township and town offices in the location of the farmland until the 31st, and will provide pesticide costs and disaster relief funds to affected farms after on-site inspections in response to the damage from black seed spot disease in rice, which has spread nationwide due to abnormal weather. Black seed spot disease causes small dark brown spots on rice leaves, resembling black seeds, and when the disease spreads, it stains the rice grains, ...