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The Minister of Agriculture announced today in Torres Vedras a €40 million support scheme aimed at restoring agricultural capacity damaged by adverse weather.
To support farmers in the disaster zones, a call for applications with €40 million to restore productive potential will be opened, the Minister of Agriculture told ECO. This support is in addition to the €10,000 that will be granted through a simplified procedure, as happened after the wildfires. “We will have a call for applications for the restoration of the ...”
Some 44,000 beneficiaries have already received the payments, according to the Ministry of Agriculture and the Sea. The Government also expects to pay about €10.8 million next week for carryover measures.
Forms to declare losses are already available on official websites. The Government says the support rate may reach 100% for losses up to €10,000.
The Ministry of Agriculture will launch a measure to restore productive capacity, due to the impact of bad weather, for investments between €5,000 and €400,000, with support rates that can reach 100%, it told Lusa. Forms for damage declarations are available on the websites of the CCDRs — Commissions for Coordination and ...
Brussels wants to end separate funding envelopes and merge funds into a single national plan. Portugal may receive more money overall, but agricultural support would no longer be ring-fenced, and the sector fears losing visibility when competing with other areas.
