The Cyprus Rural Payments Agency announces that it has processed the payment of the Transitional National Aid in the sheep and goat sector, totalling €5 million to approximately 1,850 beneficiaries. This aid was paid, in accordance with a decision of the Council of Ministers, to compensate for the difficulties faced by the livestock sector in Cyprus due to the excessively high price of animal feed and the significant increase in energy costs.
In the framework of the same decision, very soon aid will be paid to the cow sector, totalling €1.2 million to about 350 beneficiaries.
At the same time, the payment, also following a decision of the Council of Ministers, of emergency state aid to support the livestock sector due to the effects of the COVID-19 disease is underway. The support totalling €5.7 million concerns the pig (€2.7 million), poultry (€1.3 million), cow (€1.7 million) and cattle (€25,000) sectors. So far, aid amounting to €1.2 million has been paid and payments are being made daily in accordance with the submission of the necessary documentation by the beneficiaries.
It is stressed that the above aids are paid from national resources and are aimed at supporting in particular the agri-food sector and the primary sector of the Cypriot economy in general, which is perhaps more affected than any other sector.
It would be an omission not to mention the excessive effort of the Agricultural Payments Agency and the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and the Environment to initiate these aids to livestock farmers as soon as possible, as the necessity of the times dictates. Within a very short time from the approval and allocation of the required funds, the money was channelled to the beneficiaries.
(BG/EXP)
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