The proposals for the next Multiannual Financial Framework and the Common Agricultural Policy ... 81 Table 1 • *Excluding migration, amounting to approximately €900 million, which is also included in the NRPP PT Source: Adapted from European Commission table POSEI? Collective irrigation? Bioeconomy? Enables budgetary reinforcement of interventions financed by the CAP budget LEADER* Support for knowledge sharing and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas* Territorial and local cooperation initiatives EU school scheme* * Mandatory inclusion in theNRPP excluded interventions depending on the amount available in Cohesion2 . Looking at the situation in Portugal, despite the announced increase in the budget associated with the MFF 2028-2034, cohesion and agriculture are losing out, with the CAP recording a 20.4% drop at current prices, which is not even enough to match the current allocation for interventions that remain financed by the CAP. Table 1 details that, in Portugal, the amount of the Fund allocated to the Single Plan, excluding the amount allocated to migration, is €31.6 billion. Of this amount, the following is allocated: — a specific allocation of €7,429 million to the CAP, which can only finance interventions in the pink box; — to fisheries, a specific allocation of €143 million, provided for in the green box, and — a sum of around €24 billion which, unlike the CAP and fisheries, is not pre-allocated to any intervention and corresponds, broadly speaking, to the current structural and cohesion funds that finance a multitude of activities and sectors, now including some of the interventions excluded from the CAP (blue box). According to information provided by the Ministry of Agriculture, this allocation is much lower than the one available for the current period. Compared to the CAPSP, the differences are indeed very significant: — Interventions in the pink box, financed by the specific CAP allocation, include interventions traditionally supported by the first pillar (EAGF) – degressive income support (currently BIS – Basic Income Support); income-related support (currently coupled payment), cotton payment, small farmers payment (currently SPS – Small Farmers Scheme), sectoral interventions – and some interventions traditionally supported under the second pillar (EAFRD) – agri-environmental and 2 And possibly on an application for the ECF Regulation. CAP €7.42 billion Fisheries €143 million Not ring fenced in the Plan or No prior allocation in the Plan €24.028 million Minimum national co-financing of 30%, if financed by the CAP budget 100% financed by the CAP budget * National and Regional Partnership Plan for the 'Fund' €31.6 billion Intended to support the following interventions: Degressive area-based income support* Income-related support* Specific payment for cotton* Support for small farmers* Payment for natural constraints and other area-specific con str aints* Support fo rdisadvantages re sulting from ce rtai n mand atory requirements Agri-environmental and climate actions* Support for risk management tools* Support for investments forfarmers and forest holders* Support for the setting-up of young farmers, new farmers, rural businesses and start-ups, as well as the development of small farms * Support for farm replacement services Sectoral interventions*
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