Prime Minister: help dot. Drought must be addressed very reasonably – Onet.pl

 
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  Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz, Mayor Richard Raciąż Giszczak and the owners of farms affected by drought
 
 
 

Earlier in the Municipal Centre of Culture, Sport and Recreation in Raciąż Prime Minister Ewa Kopacz and Minister of Administration and Digitization Andrzej Halicki participated in a meeting with governors and representatives of the departments of the damage to crops caused by drought. – We discussed how to help farmers who are experiencing a big crisis at the moment and a lot of losing. You can not go on this phenomenon with indifference and this assistance must be guided very rationally, but directed primarily to those who have the help they need in a special way – said at a briefing the prime minister.

Kopacz announced that the drought affected more than 0.5 million hectares of crops, mainly in the provinces: Lodz, Kujawsko-Pomerania, Wielkopolska and Mazowsze. As judged the most difficult situation the farmers who operate mixed, or grow the role and raising animals.

– It’s not that facilitate the downloading of selected loans to farmers, even if they are low-interest. The idea is to allow them to function normally: protect the agricultural activities in the coming years – underlined the prime minister.

Kopacz said that “today you need to perform some very intense movements”. She explained that it is to issue a regulation which will be adequate to the situation, or prepare the appropriate forms, in which victims farmers could take into account losses in livestock breeding. She added that we should also carefully assess the damage.

– Unfortunately, some farmers do not report their losses. They hope that the State will fall only one bid, again, we give you some low-interest loans. I want her to this offer was much wider, but to be reliably present the farmers, I have estimated a loss, very reliable and very fast. Then undoubtedly I will set the matter for the Council of Ministers and I wonder how two parallel aid programs run – said the head of government.

Kopacz informed that currently operate in the area of ​​674 committees, which estimates the amount of damage to crops. She announced that the number of these committees will be increased in order to estimate the losses were known as soon as possible. – I think that until 20 August should stop estimating these losses – the Prime Minister.

She added that the drought There are many types of crops, in particular spring and winter wheat, oilseed rape and also fruit plants and tobacco. – Therefore, we will comprehensively estimate these losses. (…) The government program, aid is dependent on how massive losses will be caused by the drought – stressed Kopacz.

The Raciąż away from approx. 3 km Sierakowo prime minister visited the village with more than 65 hectares of the farm affected by the drought. His 28-year-old owner, Thomas Zglinicki told the commission estimated the loss of crops, including cereals, corn and meadows, there are more than 60 percent. – It’s dry. Lack of water. Drought affected everything. We have to sell cows to have money to buy fodder – said a farmer who cultivated approx. 100 cattle.

Referring to the government’s actions in connection with the prevailing drought, Kopacz announced that on Monday will meet the team that will assess, among others, as well as the hydrological situation in the energy sector, including in factories wysokoenergochłonnych. She noted that he hoped that there will be a bad scenario in which power plants would have to limit the amount of power delivered.

Kopacz recalled that the low water level due to the drought can respond by dam reservoirs – as an example Rożnów said. – There will of course be able to drain the water. The problem is not only water but also the water temperature. On this so we will debate. On Monday will be the team that will be talked about. Will be representatives of energy – said the prime minister.

According to the Institute of Crop, Soil Science and Plant Cultivation drought are covered by 13 provinces, including 1/3 of the municipalities. Among the provinces most affected by drought they are: Mazowieckie, Greater and Bydgoszcz, Lodz and Podlasie. Best hydrological situation in Lubelskie, Podkarpackie, Pomorskie and Zachodniopomorskie.

In areas affected by drought are basis for appointing the Commission estimating losses. After determining their size will be possible to run the government support program for farmers hit by the drought.

Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki recently announced that the first messages on. actual estimates of losses in agriculture caused by drought will be collected until August 15. He assured, however, that farmers can count on help in the form of soft loans.

– We will work within government in the search for reserves in the field of social assistance, there is no possibility that today the state took the brunt of the full damages resulting from a reduction in yield – said last Wednesday the minister. Sawicki said then that “the amount of social assistance will depend on budgetary reserves, which will be under the ministry to work out.” This can be a help in the form of a payment per hectare of crops destroyed by drought in the amount of 100-150 zł. However, everything depends on actual estimates of losses – he said.

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