Nearly 8,000 Galician farmers in Spain share 15.6 million euros in aid

The Official Gazette of Galicia published the resolution of the Galician Agrarian Guarantee Fund, which resolves aid for Galician meat producers. These were called with the aim of mitigating the consequences of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. According to the Consellerýa do Medio Rural, a total of 7,894 professionals benefited from these subsidies, the total amount of which exceeded 15.6 million euros. This line of aid was an urgent, extraordinary and exceptional measure that was established to compensate for the economic difficulties that the sector was going through due to the increase in production costs derived from the alteration in the international market for raw materials. Those interested were already able to access this aid last year, through advances from the bank subsidized by the Galician Government that allowed them to collect immediately and at zero cost. With this measure, the Rural Environment tries to alleviate the economic difficulties of the farms that produce ...