The Minister of Agriculture, Marc Fesneau, notably announced on Monday the spread of the reimbursement of the loans guaranteed by the State. At the end of last week, a violent episode of hail caused significant damage in more than forty departments.
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The Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Marc Fesneau, announced, Monday, June 6, in eastern Bordeaux the activation of a series of measures to relieve the farms affected by the episode hailstorm that crossed France at the end of last week.
“We will very quickly activate the devices we know, such as the relief of social charges, tax exemption on the tax on non -built land, these are classic elements that we know; also look at the devices that Can be taken within the framework of agricultural calamities, “said Fesneau after meeting with winegrowers in an exploitation, from Saint-Quentin-de-Caplong, in Gironde, touched Thursday.
“There is a request that has been made, we work hard, to ensure that the loans guaranteed by the State can be extended in the duration because we will have in these farms of losses of recipes “, he added, without giving encrypted details.
a” real disaster “for agriculture
In the short term, “we need to have very quickly inventory to activate the devices (…). We have a very violent event on many departments, but in localized areas. We have Need to look at the differences between those who were insured or were not, those which were covered for such or such risks. We will do on a case-by-case basis, “he continued, ensuring” the mobilization of ‘State “.
He also returned to the new harvest insurance system, which will apply from the 1 er January 2023. “This is the doubling of the budget, going from 300 to 600 million euros, which will allow more farmers to ensure, “he said.
On the prevention side, “we have to work on systems that make it possible to lessen the effects of stormy phenomena [face] with climate change, which produces more regular and more powerful events,” said Fesneau .