Portugal has already added the strategic plan for agriculture to Brussels
The Ministry of Agriculture submitted this Thursday, for consideration by the European Commission, the Strategic Plan for the Common Agricultural Policy (PEPAC) for the years 2023 to 2027.
In a statement, the Minister of Agriculture, Maria do Céu Antunes, stated that the plan “will guarantee greater equity in the distribution of support, value small and medium-sized agriculture and territorial specificities, as well as the promotion of investment and rejuvenation, contributing , in this way, towards a climate and digital transition, leaving no one behind”.
The Portuguese proposal of the PEPAC defines that ecological schemes represent 25% of direct support and that measures that contribute to the environment and the climate represent more than 40% of the rural development pillar.
Income support for young people and young people obtain an amount equivalent to 3% of direct payments, contributing to generational renewal. As for redistributive support, it corresponds to 10% of the envelope of direct payments, to which must be added the payment to small-scale agriculture (9%).
This proposal will have been based on a set of diagnoses and analyzes carried out with farmers and agents in the territory, which will allow the identification of needs and responses. It will be available at page of the Office of Planning, Policy and General Administration.
In Portugal, the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 provides, for the application of the CAP, around 10.000 million euros, already in execution the transition period of 2021 and 2022.
With a financial envelope in excess of 6,800 million euros, the PEPAC will have its application period between 2023 and 2027, and will be complemented by other support instruments, such as the Recovery and Resilience Plan and the National Irrigation Plan. The execution of the current Rural Development programs, until 2025, is also still on.