The Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food this Tuesday published the provisional list of 139,756 farm owners producing agricultural land, amid farmers’ protest on roads across the country. dry land, rice and industrial tomatoes, people who can receive extraordinary assistance 268.7 million euros To compensate for the difficulties caused by drought and the consequences of the war Ukraine.
In particular, created through this help Royal Decree 4/2023, Starting from May 11, benefits will be provided to agricultural business owners, natural persons or legal entities without legal entity, or legal entities who are eligible to receive direct aid. Common Agricultural Policy (PAC) Those who are in the 2023 campaign and whose farm has dry crop land excluding temporary pastures, has irrigated crop land in areas of traditional rice cultivation, and has a certain surface area for assistance with industrial tomato cultivation in recent campaigns.
According to Agriculture, the appropriate number of hectares for which this aid can be received was determined ex officio by the Council of Ministers. Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA), in accordance with the criteria established in Decision APA/871/2023 of 20 July, which developed the above-mentioned royal decree.
Aid amounts vary. 19.94 euros per hectare It is suitable for farms where most of the surface area consists of dry crop lands. 407.66 euros Also, there is a line for industrial tomato producers 39.88 euros per hectare suitable for farms where most of their area is dry cropland. And another 186.10 euros rice per hectare.
The largest number of farms receiving this assistance belong to the following communities: Castile and Leon (36,882 and just over 64 million euros in aid), Castile la Mancha (33,673 farms and 72 million Euros) and Andalusia (20,982 farms and 43 million euros). In the case of CataloniaThere are 10 thousand 776 farms receiving a total of 12.77 million euros in aid.
Areas suitable for rice and industrial tomatoes correspond to areas where these crops will not be planted in 2023.
High impact areas for dry crop lands identified in Decision APA/871/2023 are autonomous communities. Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Madrid, Valencian Community, Extremadura, La Rioja, Murcia and Navarra and the provinces of Álava, Ávila, Salamanca and Segoviaand also residential area trevino (Burgos).
Those with a medium level of love are autonomous communities. Balearic and Canary Islands, and provinces Burgos (except Treviño District), León, Palencia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora. Assistance is allocated to the region where the CAP 2023 single application is managed.