TIRANA, October 29 /ATA/ The government has increased public funding to support farmers through the National Scheme to be implemented in 2021.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development said that the draft budget for 2021, specifically for the National Scheme addresses a fund of 1.8 billion Lek which provides for an increase of support for farmers by 58%.
The National Scheme envisages the continuation of support for the measures applied during the current year in order to consolidate support for priority sectors such as livestock, greenhouse production, beekeeping and certification of production standards.
While financing programs in agriculture, in addition to the National Scheme, include grants from the IPARD II Program, the Sovereign Guarantee Fund for agricultural lending and projects of many different donors. /j.p/r.e/p.s./
