site.btaBulgarian Farmers Receive Lv 450-Plus Mln in Green Payments

April 25 (BTA) - Bulgaria's State Fund Agriculture (SFA)
paid 450,157,979 leva to 58,072 farmers under a payment scheme
for agricultural practices beneficial for the climate and the
environment, also known as green direct payments, the SFA said
in a press release on Thursday.

Green direct payments reward farmers for farming practices
beneficial for soil quality, carbon sequestration and
biodiversity. They were introduced in 2015, as a means to
enhance the environmental and climate performance of the EU's
Common Agricultural Policy.

To be eligible for payment, farmers must adhere to climate- and
environment-friendly practices in their entire holdings.
Greening requirements do not apply to perennial crops, and such
applicants receive green direct payments for their eligible
areas under such crops.

The financial support was paid at a rate of 122.84 leva/hectare,
 set by an order of the Minister of Agriculture, Food and
Forestry. IG/TH




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