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To Whom and for What Agricultural Subsidies Were Granted in 2014

Wednesday, 17 June 20153157 views
To Whom and for What Agricultural Subsidies Were Granted in 2014

Automatically translated summary. The full article is available in Romanian.

In 2014 the Moldovan Government allocated MDL 544 million to subsidise agricultural producers, reaching almost 5,300 farmers. Criuleni, Soroca and Hâncești had the most beneficiaries, according to an infographic published by Budgetstories.md and prepared by the Independent Think Tank “Expert-Grup”.

Of the almost 5,300 subsidised farmers, 32% were young farmers and 17% were women. Cahul had the most subsidised applications (309, averaging MDL 75.1 thousand), while Ceadâr-Lunga had the highest average amount per application (MDL 261 thousand). Members of the National Federation of Farmers of Moldova received MDL 133.5 million (786 members), whereas over 1,000 UniagroProtect members received only MDL 8.6 million. Over 41% of subsidies went to limited liability companies, 6.5% to joint-stock companies, cooperatives and other forms, and 51.4% to peasant households.

By district, Criuleni led with MDL 36.4 million, followed by Soroca (MDL 32.5 million) and Hâncești (MDL 27.1 million); Basarabeasca (MDL 4.2 million), Nisporeni (MDL 3.8 million) and Bălți (MDL 0.5 million) were at the bottom. Post-harvest and processing infrastructure took 26%, agricultural machinery 22% and multi-year plantations 13%. Anti-frost and anti-hail systems, seen as the most effective investments, received only 3%.

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