TIRANA, June 19 /ATA/ In the National Agriculture Support Scheme 2024, about 18 thousand applications have qualified after the first phase, while the process continues with field verifications for other applications.
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Arian Jaupllari in a media interview said that, this year, the farmers have shown high interest in subsidies, especially in the scheme of tax-free oil and livestock.
According to him, 54,255 farmers applied for the oil scheme and over 9,000 for the basic matriculated, small herd and cattle.
Even for beekeeping, Jaupllari said, there has been high interest, with 4223 applications qualified.
Meanwhile, for medicinal plants, 953 applications have passed the first stage, followed by the support measure for greenhouses with 815 applications. Jaupllari also spoke about the importance and facilities introduced by the changes in CoM no. 283/2015.
For this year, the National Agricultural Support Scheme registered a total of 71,537 applications. The innovation for the oil scheme is benefit in monetary value instead of cards as it worked last year.
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