2023-05-11 14:05:39
The Council of Ministers has approved this Thursday a royal decree-law that includes a package of urgent measures to support the agricultural sector to face the prolonged situation of drought and the worsening of the conditions of the primary sector as a result of the war in Ukraine .
In this way, the Government raises agricultural aid and those authorized by the Ministry for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge in water matters to about 2,190 million euros.
The measures approved this Thursday include direct State aid for the agricultural and livestock sectors, which exceeds 636 million euros, or the subsidy of up to 70% of the cost of insurance policies for drought of the most compromised crops. due to lack of rain and high temperatures. The economic impact of all the measures adopted in the agricultural field amounts to more than 784 million euros.
Livestock meat and dairy sectors and for beekeeping
Of the direct aid, 355 million euros will be for the meat and dairy livestock sectors, 276.7 million for the meat and dairy livestock sectors and 5 million for beekeeping.
From the beginning of the hydrological year, on October 1, 2022, until this week, the average value of rainfall in Spain has been 27.5% lower than the average for this period.
The Government has considered that in the current scenario after the invasion of Ukraine the sector was subject to a “complex” situation which, together with the climatic circumstances, makes it an “extraordinary and urgent” need to adopt measures to guarantee the maintenance and sustainability of agricultural and livestock farms, reaffirm food security and allow reinforcing the path of economic growth in the country.
In addition to the payment of direct aid, the royal decree-law contains support measures in the fiscal, financial, socio-labour, hydraulic fields and related to the Common Agrarian Policy (PAC).
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