The Agency has paid the additional direct payment for fruit growing
The Agency for Financial Support in Agriculture and Rural Development made a payment in the amount of MKD 286,673,118.00 to the accounts of 10,604 beneficiaries for additional direct payments from sub-measure 1.7 per arable agricultural area for individual fruit species.
The Beneficiaries of this sub-measure are agriculture holdings that have planted areas with the following fruit species: apple, plum, peach, pear, sour cherry, apricot, cherry, outdoor strawberry, raspberry, blackberry, blueberry, quince, medlar, actinidia, olive, pomegranate, Japanese apple, fig, aronia, rosehip, currant, goji berry, barberry, hazelnut, walnuts and tame chestnuts, which are beneficiaries of sub-measure 1.7 of this Decree and are registered in the Farm Register.
- The amount of direct payments is 29,000 denars per hectare, i.e. 38,000 denars per hectare for agricultural holdings with a registered area for financial support from a minimum of 1 hectare to a maximum of 5 hectares for apple, the amount of direct payments for plum and peach is 24,000 denars per hectare, i.e. 30,600 denars per hectare with a registered area for financial support from a minimum of 1 hectare to a maximum of 5; for pear, sour cherry, apricot, cherry, strawberry, raspberry, blackberry and blueberry the amount of payments is 21,000 denars per hectare, i.e. 27,600 denars per hectare for agricultural holdings with a registered area for financial support from a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 5 hectares, the amount of direct payments is 13,000 denars per hectare, i.e. 18,000 denars per hectare for agricultural holdings with a registered area for financial support from a minimum of 1 hectare to a maximum of 5 hectares for quince, medlar, actinidia, olive, pomegranate, Japanese apple, fig, aronia, rosehip, currant, goji berry, almond and hazelnut.
ASFARD continues with the processing and preparation of the following payments for the rest of the financial support measures - informs the Director of ASFARD, Mr. Nikica Bachovski.