The budget for the potato seed intervention is increasing.

The budget from the production-linked income support intervention for starch potatoes is being transferred to the production-linked income support intervention for seed potato production for Campaigns 2026 and 2027. Read more: 2026 starts with a false start for potato producers This is just one of the changes laid out in the Draft Ordinance to amend and supplement Ordinance No. 3 of 2023 on the conditions and procedure for implementing interventions in the form of direct payments included in the Strategic Plan, for checks, payment reductions, and the procedure for imposing administrative sanctions. The draft document has been published for public discussion until March 16. The proposal for the amendment increases the budget for the production-linked income support intervention for seed potato production, at the expense of the budget for the production-linked income support intervention for starch potatoes. The change will provide additional funding for seed potato production, ...