Italy: Drought in Sicily, here's who can access good hay

Published 2024년 7월 19일

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The Sicilian Region has approved lists of livestock companies to benefit from a fodder purchase voucher scheme, following rapid processing of agricultural aid requests due to drought. The scheme, which provides 20 million euros to affect around 5,000 farms, has doubled its initial allocation and expanded the beneficiary list to include farms in recovery procedures. The vouchers will be issued based on the severity of rainfall damage, and farmers can choose their hay supplier from a region-approved list. A tender for an additional 15 million euros in regional funds for capital account interventions to address the water emergency in agriculture is expected to be published.

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The lists of livestock companies that will be able to benefit from vouchers to purchase fodder have been approved. 20 million available for around 5 thousand stables. Never have we seen such rapid times for the definition of a bureaucratic process aimed at recognizing agricultural aid. Only a month after the publication of the rules for accessing the "good hay" intended for farmers brought to their knees by the drought, the Sicilian Region has officially approved the lists of farmers who will be entitled to it. The measure requested several times by agricultural organizations and strongly supported by the President of the Region Renato Schifani (who is still the holder of the delegation for agriculture after the councilor Sammartino was suspended from public duties), provides for an allocation of 20 million euros and will affect approximately 5 thousand agricultural companies, for a total of 200 thousand livestock units. «We had made a commitment with the trade organizations to ...

Source: Terraevita