“Reducing water pollution from agricultural activity”: Applications for an extension to the €50 million action have begun
Applications for the annual extensionto Action 10.1.04“Reduction of water pollution from Georgia activity“ with a budget of 50 million euros, after a decision by the FSA, Lefteris Avgenakis, the FSA, Dionysis Stamenitis and the Secretary General of Union Resources and Infrastructure, Dimitris Papagiannidis.
The two Invitations issued are addressed to the beneficiaries of the 2nd and 3rd Invitation to Action (respectively, no. 961/130274/10.05.2024 (AD: Ψ3Σ14653ΠΓ-Ρ1Ω), and the No. 967/130399/10.05.2024 (ΑΦΕΘ4653PG-ΕΟ) Invitation), who wish to continue the implementation of their commitments, without interruption, after the end of the initial two-year commitment period (2022-2023). The Invitations concern all the 30 areas that have been designated as Zones Vulnerable to Nitrogen Pollution, as well as 7 important wetlands of the country.
The submission of support requests is done exclusively online, on the website https://p2.dikaiomata.gr/M1014/, during from 15.05.2024 to 31.05.2024.
Beneficiary engagements begin on February 16, 2024 and end on February 15, 2025.
Financial assistance is granted per hectare (Ha) of integrated area, in order to compensate the beneficiaries for the loss of income (lost income) and additional costs, as a result of the commitments they will undertake and which correspond to three categories of practices (special commitments), which are applied to irrigated plots:
- Special Commitment A, for arable crops:place ina fallow period of 30% of the integrated area
- Special Commitment B, for arable crops:application of dry crop rotation to 30% of the integrated area
- commitmentC, for tree crops: application of green fertilization, in the understory of trees, to 20% of the integrated area
The aim of the action is to reduce water pollution both from nitrate ions and from other potentially polluting inputs (phosphate ions, plant protection products).
The invitations, the corresponding institutional framework, as well as the plant capital that is eligible for payment are posted on the websites of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications www.minagric.gr and PAA www.agrotikianaptixi.gr
More information can be found at the following email addresses:
https://www.agrotikianaptixi.gr/metra-paa-pages/agroperivallontika/