Spain: Catalonia grants a fifth aid package to the olive grove

The Minister of Climate Action of Catalonia, David Mascort Subiranas, has announced a fifth direct aid package of 7 million euros to the olive sector, to alleviate the effects of the drought that Catalonia is suffering. This fifth package means that the aid that the Government of the Generalitat of Catalonia has allocated to the primary sector in the last year has been 168 million euros. The councilor has reported that the agreement with the sector has been closed with an aid of €170/ha for dryland olive trees throughout Catalonia and €240/ha for irrigated olive trees in the irrigation communities of Riudecanyes, Margalef and Guiamets. . The maximum auxiliary surface will be 70 hectares for professionals and 15 hectares for non-professionals and the minimum auxiliary surface will be 1 hectare for professionals and 5 hectares for non-professionals. “The Government makes 168 million euros in aid available to the first sector. The proportion of help that this Government has provided ...