Greece: The Ministry of Agricultural Development and Food sent the 2nd amendment of the CAP to the European Commission

The article highlights the lack of consultation by the Ministry of AAT on the 2nd amendment of the CAP 2024-2027 SS with farmers' organizations. The ministry has failed to involve farmers in the planning and modification of the CAP. The article outlines the changes to linked aids, including maize aid for animal feed, silage, and human consumption, and specifications for legume aid for human consumption. The proposal includes forage soy in eligible crops for linked income support and sets the proposed aid price for coupled aid for fodder soybeans at 529 euros/hectare (52.9 euros/acre).

Without any consultation with farmers' organizations, the Ministry of AAT sent the 2nd amendment of the CAP 2024-2027 SS to the Commission for approval. The current leadership of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, continues the failed recipe of its predecessors, not wanting to come to a consultation with the farmers and breeders for the planning or modification of the CAP and bring them before their decisions are made. Thus, for linked aids we have the following clarifications: In the linked maize aid, it is clarified that the term 'maize' includes the crop for animal feed, silage, as well as the crop for human consumption (sweet corn). For the linked aid of legumes, intended for human consumption, it is specified that the minimum deliveries will be: for black-eyed beans 70 kg/ha, for broad ...