The Cyprus Agricultural Payments Agency (CAP) announces that payments to the EU Aid Programme for the provision of fruit and vegetables, bananas and milk to schools, totalling €717, have been completed.900,16 for the school year 2021-2022.
The Programme was 100% financed by Community funds, with the amount disbursed by the EU amounting to €688.418,23. The Republic of Cyprus contributed an additional amount of €29,481.93 for a VAT subsidy attributable to the expenditure of the Programme.
The main objectives of the "Programme for Schools" are (a) to achieve a steady increase in the share of fruit and vegetables and milk in the diet of children at the stage when their eating habits are being formed, (b) to achieve a proper and balanced diet, with the aim of gradually improving the health of Cypriot citizens, (c) to increase children's knowledge of matters relating to agricultural production and good eating habits; and (d) to achieve the objectives of the Common Agricultural Policy, including increasing the income of the agricultural sector, stabilising agricultural markets and making available both existing and future supplies of agricultural products.
(MB/SX)
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