As reports Agrarheute, run by the government federal program, it has the purpose of transforming German pig production in the direction of higher level welfare of kept animals. In its framework breeders can receive reimbursement of up to 60 percent of the value investment. How to this time from the help has benefited one symbolic number of producers, however. Of 15 600 German growers have used it only 162 farmers, meaning slightly over 1 percent. all owners of pigs.
Why breeders don’t want subsidies?
However doesn’t mean that that breeders aren’t interested in improving welfare. The problem is in that not every person can use support. As informs the German association ISN, the ability to take support is hindered by high financial requirements and difficult to obtain the required
permissions. Breeders are also concerned about the risk of reimbursement of support in the event of not meeting its requirements.
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Most interest in Lower Saxony
According to reports portal, of 162 farms that have submitted applications for support, in 100 they are already undertaking project work. The biggest interest in the program to improve well-being in Lower Saxony, where 52 applications have been submitted. In the next place are the following: Baden-Württemberg (31 applications), Bavaria (29 applications), Rhineland North-Westphalia (22 applications) and Sleswig-Holstein (13 applications). In other land the number of submitted applications does not exceed 4.
Even 1.5 million of support
According to the program, every one who invests up to 500 thousand years. in rebuilding the ferm adapting the same to improved good standards can count on reimbursement of up to 60 percent. total costs of investment. In the case of investments
of a value of 500 thousand – 2 million euros the reimbursement is 50 proc. for in the case.activities
of value of 2 – 5 million, investor can count on reimbursement of 30 proc. costs.
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