Link Fertiabonus | the eight suggestions of the Controller to Midagri for the payment of the subsidy | Fertilizer price | ECONOMY

The Ministry of Agricultural Development and Irrigation, after declaring the third purchase process of 65,000 tons of urea null and void, will this week start the delivery of the so-called I will bring, economic support for agricultural producers up to 10 hectares. Faced with this, the Controller General of the Republic presented up to eight recommendations to ensure a transparent process.

With this in mind, as regards the identification and selection of beneficiaries, it suggests monitoring the deadlines set for the registration of agricultural producers in order to ensure greater coverage of eligible farmers at the level of all regions of the country. To date, this register has only 570,000 members and it was expected to arrive – recently – at the end of the year with a million..

The Controller’s Office also asked to define the terms and frequency for issuing the Lists of Beneficiaries, as well as the minimum procedures for verifying the selection criteria. The midagri – it should be noted – that the first list of beneficiaries It will consist of 285,000 producers and will be released this September 14 and the second list, the first week of October.

Define the criteria and procedures that will be used to identify the beneficiaries for each modality (100% monetary and mixed), with particular attention to producers who manage up to five hectares; in order to make the method of granting monetary support transparent.

Likewise, the recommendations sent for the disbursement of the grant range from the definition of the design of the methodology and the formulas that will be applied in the calculation of the individual amount of monetary support and considering the submission of periodic reports on the implementation of the transferred resources up to 30 June. 2023.

Finally, it is recommended to undertake follow-up and monitoring actions and to define the methods and scope of the actions for ex officio verification of the information provided for in Article 11 of the Emergency Decree by the Directorate General for Statistics, Follow-up and Evaluation of Midagri Policies.

“This contribution is added to the seven orientation reports and ex officio control visits issued this year by the General Controller regarding the three international tenders for the acquisition of 73,529 tons of fertilizers (urea), which have identified situations that require the achievement of the public purpose of an investment of over S / 348 million ”, the Controller indicated in a statement.

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