The amendment of subsection 2.1 of the 2014-2020 RDP for agricultural advice was signed by the Deputy Minister of Rural Development and Food, Dionysis Stamenitis, and the Secretary General of Union Resources and Infrastructure, Dimitris Papagiannidis.

According to this amendment, the possibility of submitting payment requests by the beneficiaries is accelerated, since they will now be able to request a payment of 40% of the support amount, after the submission of the 1st deliverable, for the services they provide to farmers.

At the same time, the procedures for amending deeds are simplified or clarified and the institutional framework is generally updated, with the aim of speeding up the implementation procedures of the sub-measure.

It is noted that 82 eligible Farm Advisory Agencies covering all the Regions have been included in sub-measure 2.1 and, according to their application data, are expected to provide advice to over 65,000 farmers.

The total budget of sub-measure 2.1 is 89,154,370 euros and is co-financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and the Greek State at a rate of 100%.