Valencia, Spain: Aid to compensate the sectors affected by the war in Ukraine

Published Feb 6, 2023

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The Valencian Community's Official Gazette has published an Order approving urgent support measures for farmers and ranchers affected by the Ukraine crisis, allocating 5.5 million euros for farms in the fruit sector. This follows a previous allocation of 25 million euros for citrus growers and part of the livestock sector. In total, the Ministry of Agriculture has invested 30 million euros in aid to offset the effects of the war, including the increased cost of inputs, energy, and the rise in electricity prices impacting irrigation communities.

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The Official Gazette of the Valencian Community (DOCV) published, on February 3, the Order approving the regulatory bases of urgent support measures for farmers and ranchers in the sectors especially affected by the situation generated by the crisis of the invasion of Ukraine, within the framework of the Rural Development Program of the Valencian Community 2014-2020 The Ministry has activated this second special package worth 5.5 million euros for farms in the fruit sector, especially the cultivation of persimmon, medlar, stone fruit (peach, plum, apricot, nectarine and cherry) and table grapes . In this way, the aid joins others that the Ministry of Agriculture already allocated in 2022 to citrus growers and part of the livestock sector for a value of 25 million euros, in the framework of a conflict that has affected the entire agricultural sector. As explained by the Minister of Agriculture, Isaura Navarro, "aware of the circumstances caused by the war and the sensitivity we ...

Source: Agropopular