BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 23
By Fidan Babayeva – Trend:
As many as 484,326 Azerbaijani farmers have been registered in the electronic agricultural information system (EKTIS) to date, a source at the Azerbaijani Agrarian Credit and Development Agency (AKIA) under the Azerbaijani Ministry of Agriculture told Trend.
According to the source, the total number of farms registered in EKTIS has reached 599,571.
“As of now, the farmers have been given subsidies in the amount of over 157.1 million manat ($92.4 million). So far, 344,471 farm cards have been ordered, of which 324,996 were issued to the farmers,” the source said.
The source added that in total, data on 983,180 hectares of winter crops have been registered in EKTIS so far. As of now, data on autumn crops in the country have been submitted by more than 357,000 farmers, and applications of 335,434 of them are confirmed.
Agrarian Credit and Development Agency under the Ministry of Agriculture was established in accordance with the order of the president of Azerbaijan on measures to improve management in the agrarian division. It is the executive body that ensures the involvement and use of loans for state support of individuals and legal entities engaged in entrepreneurial activity in the agrarian sector.
($1 = 1.7 manat on April 23)
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