Small farmers demand increase in aid for solariums. Costs could increase by up to 70%

Producers are demanding that the support be increased from 1.5 euros to 2.5 euros per square meter for crops in protected areas. The program represents state aid intended for small producers, for vegetables grown in solariums and greenhouses. The request was publicly communicated on Tuesday evening by the ”Union Salvăm Țăranul Român”, which warns that many vegetable growers risk giving up production if the support is not adjusted to the new economic realities. “We ask for your support to obtain an increase of 1 euro/m2 for vegetable growers in protected areas, so that the total value of the support reaches 2.5 euros/m2,” the farmers asked the Minister of Agriculture, Florin Barbu, emphasizing that the increase is “urgently necessary.” “This year, vegetable growers expect additional (…)