Moldovan farmers to benefit from more means earmarked from subsidisation fund

Chisinau, 20 July /MOLDPRES/ - The cabinet of ministers today approved a government decision on the way the means of the 2016 fund for subsidizing agricultural producers are distributed. The overall volume of financing is 900 million lei, of which 387 million lei belongs to the European Neighbourhood Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development (ENPARD), the government’s communication and media relations department has reported.

Under the document, the government will back the entrepreneurs who promote and develop ecological agriculture, as well as those who provide services of consultancy and training for agricultural producers. At the same time, young farmers will benefit from additionally 15 per cent of the value of the subsidy calculated.

The regulation approved by the government defines the principal five measures of backing farmers, namely: investments in farm enterprises by reorganization and adaptation to the European Union standards; investments in processing and sale of farming goods; preparing the implementation of measures dealing with ecology in agriculture; improving and developing the agricultural infrastructure; consultancy and training services.  

Also, the farmers will be backed to create new orchards, vineyards, as well as plantations of oil-bearing plants. At the same time, to set equipment of protection against frost, entrepreneurs will benefit from subsidies worth about 50,000 lei per hectare and of protection against hail – 10,000 lei per one hectare.   

The purposes of subsidization have been identified depending on the priorities of the policies promoted by the state, as well as to enhance competitiveness of the agro-food branches, ensure sustainable management of natural resources and develop infrastructure of agricultural enterprises.   

(Editor A. Raileanu)