Compensation totaling 12 million euros is provided by the new ministerial decision, signed by the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Kostas Tsiaras, and the Deputy Minister of National Economy and Finance, Athanasios Petralia, for farmers in the Regional Units of Karditsa, Larissa, Magnesia, Trikala and Phthiotis, who saw their fields flooded and covered with sediments from storms Daniel and Elias in September 2023.
The decision exclusively concerns agricultural plots that were declared in the 2024 Single Payment Application as “flooded with sediments” and had also been declared in the corresponding 2023 application, in order to cross-check data and ensure eligibility.
Compensation farmers will receive from Thessaly-Phthiotis per acre for storms Daniel and Elias
Compensation ranges from 70 euros to 5,301 euros per acre, depending on the crop, as follows:
- €83.2/acre for durum wheat
- €130/acre for edible legumes
- €205/acre for cotton
- €825.8/acre for olive groves
- €70/acre for energy crops
- €563.5/acre for industrial tomatoes
- €83.2/acre for other cereals
- €900/acre for pome fruits and processing peaches
- €725/acre for almonds
- €300/acre for walnuts
- €1,020/acre for pistachios
- €255/acre for hazelnuts
- €960/acre for potatoes
- €220/acre for seed production and livestock feed plants
- €195.2/acre for corn (grain or silage)
- €700/acre for vineyards (table use or wine production)
- €467/acre for vegetables
- €70/acre for oilseeds
- €136/acre for aromatic plants
- €680/acre for other tree crops
- €1,600/acre for stone fruits
- €220/acre for seed production and livestock feed plants
- €186/acre for acacias
- €4,441/acre for floriculture crops
- €126/acre for hemp
- €5,301/acre for vegetables under cover (greenhouses)
- €5,217/acre for fir, fruit tree and shrub nurseries and aromatic plants
- €680/acre for other crops
- €759/acre for citrus fruits
It should be noted that those registered in the Farmers’ Registry as professional farmers receive 100% of the support, while others receive 50%. The support is paid by OPEKEPE, which will notify beneficiaries electronically. A prerequisite for payment is the submission of a statutory declaration within 5 working days of notification.
This new intervention essentially comes to support those affected in the primary sector, at a time when the consequences of the climate crisis are being felt with particular intensity in rural areas.
