The government adopted a set of measures meant to aid Polish farmers hit by the war in Ukraine. "Farmers who have sold grain at lowered price won't be at a loss, they will receive compensation," chief of PM's office Jan Grabiec said at a press conference on Thursday (April 25). Deputy Agriculture Minister Michał Kołodziejczak explained the rules of the new plan.
At a press conference on Thursday, Head of the Chancellery of the Prime Minister Jan Grabiec announced that the government adopted a special ordinance regarding Polish farmers affected by the war in Ukraine.
According to Grabiec, Polish farmers have been hit "the wide opening of customs borders, EU borders, Polish borders, the influx of excessive amounts of grain from Ukraine and the destabilization of the Polish market".
"We are still experiencing the consequences of the events that have taken place in the last two years," he said.
The regulation adopted today is intended to shield farmers from the effects of these negative changes and serves the purpose of ensuring that the surplus grain that is still in granaries and at Polish farmers', at companies that store grain, so that this excess is exported before the next harvest," he added.
The plan is to be financed by Poland's National Development Bank's Aid Fund.
"This is solution a temporary, interim solution," Grabiec said. "It is meant to remove surplus grain from the Polish market and operate throughout the coming weeks, months."
Deputy Agriculture Minister Michał Kołodziejczak, who also present at the conference, explained the rules of the new plan.
He said that farmers who sold grain between January 1 and March 10 would be eligible for a subsidy of 200 zlotys per ton. Those who sold grain from between March 11 and the end of this coming May would additionally receive 300 zlotys per ton.
Źródło: TVN24 News in English, PAP, gov.pl
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