TIRANA, Nov 8 /ATA/ Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Frida Krifca stated on Tuesday that direct support for farmers will continue to increase in the upcoming months.
Reporting on the draft budget at the meeting of the Parliamentary Committee for Economy and Finance, Krifca said that the 2023 budget worth 14.2 billion ALL allocates the highest funding of 8.7 billion ALL to support Agriculture and Rural Development.
Krifca underlined the highlights of the 2023 budget.
According to her, 7.2 billion lek have been allocated to support agriculture, of which 3 billion lek will be disbursed in direct support for farmers, 1.98 billion lek in support measures as part of the national scheme and 1.33 billion for tax-free oil for agriculture.
Minister Krifca also pointed out, “9 billion lek are added to the direct budget for financing farmers, which will be disbursed as part of the IPARD program.”
Minister Krifca stated that the National Farmer Support Scheme will focus on live stock (dairy cows and ruminants), beekeeping, reduction of production costs due to the increase in the price of agricultural inputs and oil, support for organic production and product certifications, etc. The national scheme is designed to maintain the sustainability of the sector from the perspective of food safety, but also support for product exports.
“While the tax-free oil scheme for agriculture will continue to slash production costs for our farmers”, said Minister Krifca. /j.p/sm/
