The Government, through the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, has published the provisional list with the 33,673 agricultural farms in Castilla-La Mancha that produce dry land, rice and tomato industry, which will be able to receive extraordinary aid to compensate for the difficulties arising from the drought and the consequences of the war in Ukraine in the amount of 72,177,011 euros.
This aid, established by Royal Decree-Law 4/2023, of 11 May, amounts to 268,709,996 euros for all the autonomous communities and will benefit a total of 139,756 farmers throughout Spain. The beneficiaries will be natural or legal persons or entities without legal personality, holders of agricultural holdings that are eligible for the receipt of direct aid from the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the 2023 season and that:
-They count on dry farmland on their farm, excluding temporary pastures.
-They have irrigated farmlands in areas of traditional rice cultivation.
-They have a certain area for the help associated with the cultivation of industrial tomato in the latest campaigns.
The number of eligible hectares for this aid has been determined ex officio by the Spanish Agricultural Guarantee Fund (FEGA) according to the criteria established in Order APA/871/2023, of July 20, which develops the aforementioned royal decree-law.
The eligible area of rain-growing land corresponds to the hectares of land, excluding temporary pastures, determined for the receipt of direct aid corresponding to the single application of the CAP 2023. In the case of the Autonomous Community of the Canary Islands, the number of hectares listed in the Register of Agricultural Farms (REGEPA) as of June 30, 2023 has been taken as a reference.
For these rain-growing lands, a maximum of 300 eligible hectares per beneficiary has been established.
The eligible areas of rice and tomato from industry correspond to the area where no sowing of these crops was carried out in 2023.
In this link to the EAGGF website you can consult a FAQ document prepared specifically for this aid, which explains, among other aspects, the calculation of the eligible areas for each type of product and is illustrated with various examples.
Amounts of support
The final unit amounts established by the EAGGF, based on the provisional list of benefits and areas published in the provisional resolution, reach the following values:
(a) EUR 39,880605 per eligible hectare for holdings with the largest part of their area of rain-fed farmland, excluding temporary pasture, declared in the 2023 marketing year in the provinces classified as areas of high drought impact.
b) 19,940303 euros per eligible hectare, for farms that have the majority of their area of rain-fed land, excluding temporary pastures, declared in the 2023 season in the provinces classified as an area of medium drought affectation.
c) For rice producers, a unit amount of 186,109491 euros per eligible hectare is established.
d) For industrial tomato producers, a unit amount of 407,668408 euros per eligible hectare is established.
No aid is granted to beneficiaries whose total amount to be received is less than 200 euros.
Areas of affectation
The areas of high affectation for the rain-growing lands established in Order APA/871/2023 are the autonomous communities of Andalusia, Aragon, Castilla-La Mancha, Catalonia, Madrid, Comunitat Valenciana, Extremadura, La Rioja, Murcia and Navarra, and the provinces of Álava, Ávila, Salamanca and Segovia, as well as the enclave of Treviño (Burgos).
The areas of medium affectation are the autonomous communities of the Balearic and Canary Islands, and the provinces of Burgos (except the Enclave of Treviño), León, Palencia, Soria, Valladolid and Zamora.
Consultation of agricultural holdings
The provisional list of eligible holders of agricultural holdings, together with the number of eligible hectares of dry, rice and tomato farmland for industry and the amount of aid to be received, can be found on the bulletin board of the EAGGF e-office.
The aid is allocated to the autonomous community in which the single application of CAP 2023 is managed, so in the table appears some community that is not among the areas affected by drought (Cantabria).
The interested parties have a period of 10 working days (from the day following its publication) to make claims of rejection of the aid, opposition to the consultation of their tax obligations and with Social Security (which will have the same effect as the rejection of the aid), or errors, omissions or other circumstances that they deem appropriate. The claims must be submitted exclusively through a form at the EAGGF’s electronic headquarters. It is advisable to carefully read the FAQ document already mentioned.