Agroaldea
THEY ARE INTENDED FOR TOMATO, OTHER FRUITS AND VEGETABLES, FLOWERS AND PLANTS AND THE SUBSECTOR OF SHEEP GOATS.
The Ministry of Agriculture of the Canary Islands has called subsidies of the Community programme of support to the agricultural production of the Canary Islands (POSEI) by value of 19,72 million euros, intended for the agricultural and livestock sector of the archipelago.These subsidies, corresponding to the campaign of 2014, they are intended for marketing outside of Canary Islands of fruits and vegetables (except for tomato), medicinal plants, flowers and live plants (3,3 million euros); to the subsector of the tomato through two lines, one aimed at the commercialization of this crop out of the archipelago (3,9 million euros) and another to export tomato producers (5,1 million euros); the sheepmeat and goatmeat sector (7,2 million euros); and producers of certain forage crops (225.000 EUR).
The Minister of agriculture, Juan Ramon Hernandez, It was reported that the actions undertaken by the Canary Islands Government in support of the primary sector of the Islands and in relation to this European aid program are numerous. Like this, last December the Ministry said payment of several aid POSEI directed at the livestock sector of the archipelago which resulted in the payment of 1,9 million euros, the deadline for payment, as set forth in the European programme, is June of 2014, After the closing of the campaign and once they have justified and confirmed all investments or costs incurred that are reason for help, said Hernandez.
However, the Ministry was committed to anticipate the payment of subsidies POSEI insofar as possible, corresponding to the amounts already had been justified by the applicants and verified by this, It has thus become, said Adviser.
In addition, the past 4 in December it was the deadline to submit applications to qualify for additional aid of the POSEI for the primary sector, equipped with four million euros, of which 700.000 euros are for caprino-ovino milk producer, 150.000 euros to the production of broilers, and 150.000 euros to the local production of chicken eggs.
This call for proposals, that could be done after the adoption of the Act 4/2013, of 2 October, Special credit to the budgets of the autonomous community, It was intended to complement Community funding of the POSEI, to the actions of support for local agricultural production for the campaign 2012.
Hernandez recalled that the last 27 in July the Government of Canary Islands, previous meeting of the Bureau of the special supply regime (REA), He agreed to a series of amendments which are in total 13 EUR million for the primary sector. This agreement allows to reconcile support to agricultural production, livestock and industrial with subsidies for basic foodstuffs for import. The livestock sector will begin to receive aid from January of 2014 by the usual payment of REA supports system.
In addition, the agreement adopted by the Government of the Canary Islands includes the consolidation of 1,5 million euros, which have been released on the OER tab and, following the proposal of the Executive, passes of 68,4 million to 66,9, adding this amount to the framework of the POSEI. This million and a half euros was destined to have no consideration of basic and products that directly competed with local productions, such as refrigerated meats, butter and cheese mixture.
Also, There has been a redistribution of funds, in view of the implementation of the various measures and actions of the POSEI programme worth of almost 700.000 EUR. The combined effect of both corrections will improve payments to these sub-sectors in 2,2 million euros.
On the other hand, support to agricultural and livestock productions, as it happened in 2012, will be reinforced in the area of 2013 with the transfer of 4,5 million euros as a result of the budget surplus to be produced by the reduction of the annual consumption of imported products.
These funds will improve the aid payable starting from the 1 December of 2013 up to the 30 of June of 2014, the subsectors that depend on additional funding, concluded Hernandez.