All farmers to receive the subsidy in advance until November 30th
18.11.2011
The general manager of The Agency of Payments and Intervention for Agriculture (APIA), Florin Faur, announced that APIA will pay the advance of 42 Euros per hectare from the per-surface subsidy, starting on October 16th. The payable amount will be calculed at a 4.35 RON/EUR exchange rate for 1.088 million farmers. “Each eligible hectare in Romania will receive 183 Lei, amount that can ensure normal farming activity in normal weather conditions. The advance will go to 1.088 million farmers and 9.6 million hectares”, the APIA manager says. He mentioned that 615,000 farmers will be paid in the following period, and until November 30th all farmers will receive their advance payments.
The Government has allotted prefinancing of 403 million Euros, amount to be later refinanced by the EU.
Keywords: per-surface paymentsEuropean fundsfarmersagriculturedirect paymentsadvanceAPIA