From today, Wednesday, April 24, until September, the “Farmer’s Card” will be activated, which will be available to producers (farmers and breeders), beneficiaries of agricultural subsidies, if they so wish, only with the interested party’s application to the cooperating bank that maintains his account.
Through the “Farmer’s Card” the beneficiary is given the opportunity to make purchases from companies that are included in the categories of those that sell products related to meeting the agricultural needs of producers (consumable agricultural supplies, such as seeds, medicines, fertilizers, animal feed, veterinary drugs, feed additives, fuel for driving tractors, agricultural electricity, spare parts – agricultural machinery workshop), but also to pay off his debts to certified bodies submitting a Single Aid Declaration.
Through the “Farmer’s Card”, producers are also given the opportunity to pay off their current debts towards ELGA, OGA and the State, costs of issuing and using a work stamp, as well as the cost of applying for agricultural aid.
According to a relevant press release, the Minister of Rural Development and Food Lefteris Avgenakis said: “With coordinated actions, we are activating this year, faster than last year, the “Farmer’s Card”, in order for each producer to face the acute problems that have arisen due to the successive crises . The energy and climate crisis and geostrategic instability are bringing increased production costs to the agricultural world. We take advantage of every possibility that exists to be constantly on the side of the Greek farmer but also to facilitate the production process in the primary sector”.
