More than 450 million euros in aid are deployed to compensate those affected by avian flu, announced Marc Fesneau, Minister of Agriculture and Food Sovereignty, Tuesday during questions to the government.
Questioned by the deputy Stella Dupont (Renaissance) on the devices and the precise calendar of aid and payments to come to respond effectively to the consequences of the crisis linked to avian flu, Marc Fesneau detailed the envelopes by sector.
The overall provisional envelope of the Minister of Agriculture provides for 760 million euros and to date 459 million euros have already been committed or are in the process of being committed, the minister told AFP.
In the hemicycle, Marc Fesneau indicated that on the health component 200 million are planned in the PLFR (modifying finance bill for 2022, editor’s note) currently under review, and the need will be refined along the way by the end of the year once all the files have been submitted.
25million euros for the food industry
On the economic side, 26 million for 1,800 files for the South West and the North are planned. For laying hen breeders, an envelope of 2 million euros is being deployed. For breeders in the Grand Ouest region, 86 million euros are earmarked for them.
A budget of 25 million euros will go to food companies.
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Finally, a special system on hatching will be open by the end of the summer, payments will begin at the end of the autumn, the total envelope allocated is more than 120 million euros, added the Minister of Health. ‘Agriculture.
The bird flu episode which began in November 2021 is particularly devastating, with 16 million poultry having been slaughtered. Since 2015, this is the fourth successive episode, said Marc Fesneau, stressing that it has affected three times as many departments and counted eighteen times as many households.
The Minister of Agriculture must present an action plan Friday with the actors of the sector to improve the management of epizootics of avian influenza.