AreaSlovakia

Commodity GroupGrains

CommodityWheat

Date23/09/2023

Policy CategoryConsumption and marketing

Policy InstrumentGovernment market intervention

DescriptionIntroduced additional financial assistance aiming to compensate domestic wheat farmers affected by imports from Ukraine. The Agricultural Paying Agency will automatically disburse these payments until the end of 2023, utilizing data from the Integrated Administration and Control System to identify farmers who grew wheat on their land in 2022. If these farmers have applied for direct area payments in 2023, they will receive a minimum of EUR 38.42 (USD 43) per hectare.