Spain’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food (MAPA) has set the budget ceiling for the 2022 campaign of the simplified scheme for small-scale farmers, as published Monday in the Official State Gazette (BOE). This scheme is intended for beneficiaries who receive a total amount of direct payments not exceeding 1,250 euros per year under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

This establishes the limits of each of the helplines included in a previous rule on the application from 2015 of direct payments to agriculture and livestock and other aid schemes. It also establishes the limits on the management and control of direct payments for rural development, which has been incorporated into the simplified regime for small-scale farmers.

Payments in Livestock, Nuts, Protein and Leguminous Crops, Rice or Cotton 

In livestock, the associated aids have a limit of 878,830 euros for suckling cows, 47,972 euros for calves fattened on the same farm of birth, 37,847 euros for sheep and 26,377 euros for dairy cattle, among others.

In agriculture, nuts and carobs have a maximum budget of 548,007 euros, oilseeds, 88,358 euros, protein and leguminous plants, 50,400 euros and rice, 38,058 euros, along with other items.

The specific payment for cotton cultivation is 4,976 euros, according to the Ministry’s regulation.

It should be recalled that this scheme is intended for beneficiaries who receive a total amount of direct payments not exceeding 1,250 euros per year.

Source: Agroinformacion.com