Were trimmed by 50 percent in the Smolyan region subsiidite

Over 50% of subsiidite farmers in Smolyan are truncated. It said in Smolyan Myuhettin Karaoglan, Deputy. executive director of the SFA, who met with disgruntled farmers from the region. The main reason for cuts in subsidies are the European criteria for payment of the unit area or so-called grazing. European requirements are not consistent with the specificity of the mountainous and hilly areas. 5 328 the number of applicants for grants are in Smolyan for 2008

According to the farmers is necessary to change the criteria for areas with special status, such as mountains. Group protesting farmers and breeders from the region submitted a request to the District paying agency in Smolyan to formulate new criteria for the mountainous and hilly pastures of requirements for direct payments to farmers.

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