Spain: Chestnut producers will receive aid almost 500 euros per hectare

The Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries, Water and Rural Development of the Government of Andalusia, Carmen Crespo, has highlighted that the Andalusian Government "has made the specific agri-environmental aid for chestnuts compatible with the subsidy that supports the maintenance or conversion to organic farming in dry fruit trees. As Crespo has pointed out, thanks to this management by the Board, chestnut producers who meet the requirements “will be able to increase aid to almost double it.” "They will have the possibility of reaching almost 500 euros per hectare," he stated. In response to a question in a parliamentary committee, Carmen Crespo announced that the chestnut sector will benefit from the de minimis aid promoted by the Andalusian Government for producers seriously affected by the drought. Based on the first resolution of this aid, 323 owners of chestnut farms that, in total, cover around 3,200 hectares, will receive this subsidy, the counselor announced, specifying ...