AM: agricultural support to reach tens of thousands of producers in the coming days; Ministry of Agriculture helps farmers with accelerated payments

According to the announcement, payments are being made at a faster pace than ever before, so farmers can access the funds they are entitled to three months earlier than in previous years. The Hungarian State Treasury will start allocating a total of over 69 billion forints to nearly 25 thousand producers who require sustainable farming support in the coming days – announced Secretary of State József Viski in Ráckevé, the Pest county station of this year’s agricultural tour. During a country tour jointly organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, the National Chamber of Agriculture (NAK) and the Association of Hungarian Farmers’ Associations and Cooperatives (MAGOSZ), the State Secretary of the Ministry responsible for agricultural and rural development support informed those present about the status of the final payments of individual direct agricultural support, Agri-Environmental Management (AKG) and Organic Farming (ÖKO) subsidies. Within the framework of the Agro-Ecological Program, which also encourages the use of environmentally friendly farming practices, approximately 69 thousand farmers will receive a final payment of HUF 49 billion. The payment of the area-based basic support available to farmers and the additional support for small and medium-sized farms will also take place this week, they wrote. József Viski said that they are also progressing on schedule with the payment of green agricultural subsidies, as in the case of AKG, more than 19 thousand farmers will receive an amount exceeding 45 billion forints in March, and in the case of ÖKO, nearly 5,600 farmers will receive a total of almost 24 billion forints – they added.

The State Secretary also reported on the status of investment-type calls

In the framework of the investment calls of the new EU agricultural support cycle, supporting decisions worth more than 1,000 billion forints have already been made, based on almost 6,300 submitted applications. He highlighted that the government’s commitment to strengthening Hungarian agriculture is best demonstrated by the fact that the Hungarian government is applying the highest domestic co-financing allowed by EU rules, 80 percent. In other words, eight out of ten forints are provided by the Hungarian budget to farmers so that they can implement their agricultural investments. Only a competitive agriculture that produces higher added value can guarantee domestic food security and safe domestic food, which are increasingly becoming more valuable in the current uncertain economic and global market environment – the Ministry of Agriculture announced.

MTI