Green light for the decree of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food Sovereignty and Forests that makes operational an extraordinary intervention of 136 million euros to compensate farmers struggling with the escalation of fertilizer costs.
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The measure (see Sole 24 Ore of September 1) implements the extraordinary measures provided by the European Union to support agricultural enterprises affected by the increase in production costs caused by the crisis in the Middle East.
One third of the budget from EU resources and the rest from national funds
The provision, in fact, makes available a total of over 136 million euros. Of this budget, over 45 million euros were assigned to Italy from the European agricultural crisis reserve while a further 91 million euros are national resources.
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The resources will compensate up to 50% of the increased fertilizer costs
The resources will allow compensation of 50% of the increases recorded in fertilizer costs for the crops most affected by the price increase and characterized by a higher use of fertilizers.
Masaf: an audience of 547,000 farmers involved
According to Masaf, the intervention is intended for over 547,000 Italian farmers and will be disbursed without further bureaucratic requirements, with the direct crediting of resources to the beneficiaries’ accounts (in the form of aid per hectare).
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