Poland: Up to PLN 6,000 per hectare for affected fruit producers

The project concerning assistance to affected fruit producers and vineyard owners was created in the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in connection with the allocation of EUR 37 million by the EU for this purpose. The support is to be implemented by the Agency for Restructuring and Modernisation of Agriculture. In the case of gooseberry, chokeberry and currant producers, the project assumes assistance in the amount of PLN 1.5 thousand per 1 ha of crop area, if the loss of crop is from 40 to 55 percent; if it was from 55 percent to 70 percent, the farmer can count on PLN 2 thousand per 1 ha, and above 70 percent - the amount was set at PLN 3 thousand. People growing peaches, cherries, pears, other berries, apples, apricots, walnuts, plums and sour cherries can count on greater assistance. In the first loss threshold, support is to amount to PLN 2.5 thousand per 1 ha, in the second - PLN 3.5 thousand, and in the third - PLN 5 thousand per hectare of crop area. The third ...