She added that checks are currently being carried out on the applications submitted.
Minister Taneva clarified that from 2019 to now, a sum of BGN 71 million in direct payments have been paid to farmers in the district.
The SFA has prepared an indicative schedule for the forthcoming authorizations for the schemes and measures under the 2020 Direct Payments Campaign, as well as for the state aid. By the end of the year, an amount of BGN 1.7 billion will be paid to farmers
The support ceiling for a farmer under sub-measures COVID 1 and COVID 2 is estimated to not much than the BGN equivalent of EUR 7000.
Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Desislava Taneva announced at a briefing that Bulgarian farmers will receive a total of BGN 49 million in financial assistance under a de minimis aid programme.
"We will support you with BGN 56.5 million.
This became clear during a meeting of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Desislava Taneva with Dimitar Yanchev, Chairman of the Association "Sea Accord"
The key topics for Bulgaria in the debate on the future CAP continue to be a more ambitious external convergence, continuing the coupled support and maintaining the National Transitional Assistance.
“We are doing our best to make the bidding under the horizontal measure COVID-19 for the agricultural sector as easy as possible”, announced the Minister of Agriculture
It is expected the grain harvest this year to reach almost 5 million tons, according to the calculations of the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Forestry.