The money that will be credited to the accounts of farmers and breeders by the end of 2024 amounts to almost 2.2 billion euros, as shown by the planning of the Ministry of Rural Development and Food, in collaboration with OPEKEPE.
Specifically, the 2,162,883,808.28 euros refer to payments both in Programs and Measures of the Rural Development Program 2014-2020 (RDP) and in subsidies that farmers will receive through the Common Agricultural Policy 2023-2027 (CAP).
“The payments of around 2.2 billion euros expected by the end of 2024 to farmers, confirm something extremely important: That for the government of the New Republic, strengthening the primary sector is a primary political choice. Historically, ND’s relationship with farmers is strong. And it becomes stronger with a series of PAA projects and the implementation of the CAP, despite the great bureaucratic difficulties it has in its implementation,” said the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Lefteris Avgenakis, to the Athenian-Macedonian News Agency.
According to the minister in charge, the goal of YPAAT is “a modern primary sector which, with our decisions, we build on strong foundations and with infrastructures that facilitate the work of farmers and, ultimately, contribute to the reduction of producer costs. We firmly believe that a strong peasantry means a strong Greek region, it means a strong Greece as a whole” he said and added “this is even more important in the critical times we are experiencing, as agricultural production is a decisive factor in ensuring food sufficiency and maintaining social cohesion, but also for the economic development of the country. We continue vigorously on the side of the farmers”.
Almost 220 million euros in the third quarter
As it follows from the forecasts of payments by the HYPAAT during the third quarter of the year, the producer farmers will be paid almost 219,255,649 euros.
As far as the Agricultural Development Program is concerned, the money that farmers will receive during the above period amounts to 146,556,829 euros, while the remaining 72,698,820 euros will come from the CAP.
In more detail, within the summer and until September, more than 85 million euros are expected for the Improvement Plans and Processing, as well as 14,451,479.85 euros for ELGA’s Anti-quartz.
Also, within the same period of time, 18.8 million euros will be paid for Leader, as well as 1.1 million euros, which are related to geo-environmental measures (Confucius, Nitrogen pollution, etc.)
According to the planning, in the same period 10,415,290 euros will be credited for the Sectoral Program for Honey, while the Programs for fruit and vegetables (10,666,000 euros) and wines (15,630,000 euros) will be paid. Also, based on the planning of the Strategic Plan, in the third quarter of 2024 it is planned to pay the Connected Aid in Cotton in the amount of 35,737,530 euros.
In the fourth quarter, the big payments
As every year, this year from October to December the big payments will be made to the world of the primary sector.
Neither more nor less these are worth almost 2 billion euros and include, among other things, the payment of the Basic Support (697,692,584.74 euros) the Equalization Compensation (255,076,923 euros) but also the so-called “Ecological Schemes” (425,000,000 euros ).
In the last months of 2024, the 174,032,766 euros of Redistributive Support, the 109,306,176.20 euros of Organic Agriculture and Livestock, as well as the 28 million euros for the supplementary income support of Young Farmers, will also be paid.
Based on the programming of the HYPAAT and OPEKEPE, in the last quarter of the year the Improvement Plans and the Processing will be paid with the payment of 63 million euros, as well as the Anti-quartz of ELGA, where the beneficiaries will receive 15,177,219.77 euros.
12 million euros will be paid for the provision of advice, 4 million euros for the training of Young Farmers and 3 million euros for the Quality Systems of Organic Agriculture and Livestock.
Finally, about 3.5 million euros will be paid for the education and training of young farmers, 2 million euros to Leader and 13,463,973 euros as support for the processing/marketing and development of agricultural products.
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