Navarre has received 449,324.32 kilos of food from the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, through the Spanish Agrarian Guarantee Fund (FEGA), within the framework of the second and last phase of the “2023 Programme of food aid to the most disadvantaged people”. The value of these foods amounts to 810,235.26 euros. Around 36 million kilos have been distributed throughout Spain. This amount represents approximately 71% of the total to be distributed this year, since the other 29% was delivered in the month of April. Navarre then received 177,142.56 kilos of food worth 292,937.62 euros.
The food purchased is basic, varied, nutritious, unperishable, easy to transport and storage. In this way, the basket includes rice, cooked chickpeas, cooked beans, canned tuna, sardine canned, meat canned (lean), alimentary paste (spaghetti and noodles), fried tomato, biscuits, vegetable mackerel, canned fruit, soluble cocoa and childish fruit and chicken tarrites.
These products will be distributed through the Food Bank of Navarre and the Red Cross. These entities will distribute food to 86 partner delivery organizations, so that the 22,490 beneficiaries in the Foral Community can easily prepare a full meal for a person or family, including babies.
The purchase of the food has been carried out by the EAGGF through a public tender process worth 88,571,420 million euros (VAT not included). The program is funded this year in its entirety by the OBJECTIVE-EU resilience and recovery fund, which has been used to increase support to the European Fund for the Most Disadvantaged People (FEAD), in order to address the situation of those who have been affected socially and economically by the COVID-19 crisis.
The year 2023 is the last year in which the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food participates in the implementation of the plans of the food aid program for the most disadvantaged people of the European Union, in which it participates since 1987 without interruption.
From 2024, the Ministry of Labor and Social Economy, and the Ministry of Social Rights and Agenda 2030 will be the competent ministries to articulate this model of aid in Spain.
On the website of the Spanish Agrarian Guarantee Fund you can consult all the details related to the 2023 Program: