Romania: 2.14 B euros as area payments for 767,907 farmers in 2020
Almost 768,000 farmers have gotten approvals to receive payments for 2020, which represents 93.54pct of the total number of those who submitted a Single Aria Payment requests, according to the Paying and Intervention Agency for Agriculture (APIA).
The total amount approved for the 767,907 farmers reaches 2.14 billion euros, of which: 1.69 billion euros come from the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund (EAGF), 373.36 million euros from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and 74.21 million euros are co-financed from the national budget (BN1).
Also, the total amount to be paid until February 1, 2021 for coupled support for the livestock sector is 162.62 million euros.
Source: February 2021, www.agerpres.ro
