2023-11-15 11:39:57
By Le Figaro with AFP
Published 28 minutes ago, Updated now
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The Minister of Agriculture specified that the support fund will concern the Hauts-de-France, Normandy and Brittany regions.
Farmers affected in November by storms and floods in Brittany, Normandy and Hauts-de-France will be able to benefit from a “fund of 80 million euros», announced Wednesday the Minister of Agriculture Marc Fesneau. “As for the agricultural world – I combine Brittany, Normandy, Hauts-de-France (…) it is a fund of 80 million euros which will cover both harvest losses but also losses investment which would not be covered by the insurance subjects», declared the minister on France Info. “We created a fund that allows us to avoid (…) holes in the racket» in dealing with the damage, added Marc Fesneau.
Storms Ciaran and Domingos, then the precipitation which caused rivers to overflow in Hauts-de-France, severely affected farmers in these regions, who had greenhouses uprooted, buildings flooded or crops under water. A “exceptional support fund» for farmers was mentioned during a trip to Pas-de-Calais on Tuesday by Head of State Emmanuel Macron. Without giving an amount, Marc Fesneau had specified in the evening on X (ex-Twitter) that this fund aimed to “support farmers in purchasing equipment and support cash flow».
On France Info on Wednesday, he indicated that “one hundred» of farms in the north of France had “flooded buildings but there are also flooded lands, flooded crops“. He indicated that “200 bovins» had perished, «drowned by the too sudden rise in water» and that there was, “probably several thousand hectares» of sugar beet crops which “cannot be harvested». «Once the flood recedes, we will have a more complete vision of the extent of the damage.“, underlined the minister.
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