By the end of the year, the planned funds will be disbursed, including the first tranche of the Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS). It amounts to over 600 million BGN. This was stated by the Minister of Agriculture and Food Georgi Todorov during the opening of the seminar of the National Association of Grain Producers (NAGP).
"The final payments, as every year, will be made after the checks themselves are carried out. The total budget for this intervention for this year is 775 million BGN," the minister specified.
He began to talk about the decision of the Council of Ministers on the tariffs of the Bulgarian Food Safety Agency (BFSA), which Agri.BG has already written about.
"We are convinced that we really need to give a little more time and I call on the BFSA to talk to the business beforehand and to make the transition very smoothly. There will be no increase in fees," Minister Todorov summarized the topic.
He also drew attention to the expansion of irrigated agriculture.
"This is my top priority. We are all aware that with the cli..."