It is in progress the payment of compensations, amounting to 107 million euros, to farmers in Thessaly whose crop production was destroyed by the “Daniel” plague.

“The government is and will continue to be on the side of those affected and reminded that, apart from compensations, every financial resource is used for the reconstruction of production in the primary sector” said the Minister of Rural Development and Food, Lefteris Avgenakis.

According to an announcement by the FSA, the advance payments per product are distributed as follows:

* Cotton: 140 euros per hectare

* Maize: 125 euros per hectare

* Industrial tomato: 500 euros per hectare

* Alfalfa – Hay Clover:

– 100 euros for the loss of two cuts

– 70 euros for losing a cut

* Apples: 500 euros

In the next period, the prices for the other crops, woody or not, will be determined.

As also emphasized in the same announcement, the ELGA branch in Larissa will operate telephone lines for the submission of comments by farmers on the crop production compensation advances which are paid to the accounts of the beneficiaries from today, but also for the livestock loss advances which were paid on November 8th.

The contact phone is Contact phone: 2410231938 and 2410231929, extension 1 and the opening hours are from 08:00 to 20:00.

The purpose of the operation of the line is to provide clarifications on the payments and to collect any indication of possible distortions, failures or errors so that they are immediately corrected by ELGA, so that there are no injustices and complaints from the producers.