EUR 834.000 in grants paid to 617 producers: Two-thirds of support is allocated for north

Bijelo Polje, Montenegro (9 June 2020) -- Through the Agro budget for this year, 617 agricultural farms, of which two thirds from the northern municipalities, achieved non-refundable support in the amount of up to 50 % of the investment for the purchase of machinery and equipment. A total of EUR 1.7 million was invested, while the Ministry paid a grant of EUR 834,000.

Presenting the results of the public call for this support, today, during a working visit to Bijelo Polje, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development Milutin Simović emphasised that these good results are confirmation of the announced - that this year's Agro budget is generous, domestic and developmental and it will be a new chance for a large number of users. Also, as he pointed out, the results confirm that, despite the great challenges we have faced due to the coronavirus pandemic in the past five months, all measures and programmes of this year's Agro budget are being implemented smoothly.

The Deputy Prime Minister noted that in four years through this measure alone, over 5,500 pieces of machinery and equipment were procured, for which EUR 6.4 million was invested and EUR 3.2 million in grants was paid.

"We continue with this one and all other measures, both more and more generously. We have shown, we can achieve good results responsibly and together. Today we are witnessing the results of such a cooperation. The cooperation between the Government, responsible local self-government and hard-working hosts. We have new victories ahead of us, which we will celebrate together and rejoice in new steps together," Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development pointed out.

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PR Service of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development