Agricultural policy

The government is not taking necessary measures for the protection of Turkish farmers who are severely suffering from the economic decline, the main opposition leader has said, urging agriculture associations to put pressure on the government to get fresh subsidies.

The subsidies will be allocated to companies that could not cover their fixed expenses

Companies aspiring to export their farming and agricultural products to non-European Union states such as the US, Canada, Australia and Japan must apply to do so online at easyagroexpo.gov.gr, which has just been launched.

Turkey is an agricultural and animal production hub in the region and even for countries beyond, with its high production capacity and food security standards, according to university agriculturalist Orhan Özçatalbaş.

The European Union Court of Justice has ruled in favor of awarding a total of 435 million euros in farming subsidies to Greece after upholding Greek appeals against previous convictions that had led to the aid being withheld.

The court made two decisions, one issued on February 13 and another on April 30, in response to two appeals by Greece's State Legal Council.

The European Commission has today adopted two measures to support the food industry. The measures will increase farmers' cash flow and reduce the administrative burden for national, regional authorities and farmers in these particularly difficult times.

Romania can make significant progress through better use of European funds for agriculture, President Klaus Iohannis said on Wednesday at the opening of the INDAGRA International Trade Fair in Bucharest. "I believe that Romania can make significant progress through better use of European funds for agriculture, of which it has attracted only a little more than half so far.

The total production of greenhouse vegetables grew 28.1% in 2018 compared to 2017, Deputy Minister of Agriculture, Food and Forestry Verginiya Krasteva said at the opening of the first seminar of the Bulgarian Association of Greenhouse Producers on the topic: Integrated Plant Protection in Greenhouses, held in Plovdiv, the ministry's press office said.

France will ask the European Commission to bring forward the payment of 1 billion euros ($1.12 billion) of subsidies to help farmers cope with a hot spell that hurt crops and pasture, with more damage feared this week, the farm minister said on July 22.

Research and bioeconomy are key priorities in agriculture, as they allow EU farmers to comply with the ever-increasing standards imposed by the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), particularly regarding environment and climate, Minister of Agriculture Petre Daea told a press conference organized on Tuesday at the end of the informal meeting of the EU Agriculture and Fisheries ministers.