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The Government allocated ? 62,500 Canaries to compensate farmers who grow in mountain areas.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food of the Canarian Government aid for ? 62,500 compensation for farmers in the archipelago by the difficulties of cultivation in mountain areas and other complex areas.

The initiative for the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 Canary Islands, which plans to invest this year some 61 million euros to improve the conditions of exercise of economic activity in rural areas of the, tera gold, islands.

These grants are intended to compensate farmers for the additional costs of farming in mountain areas and other complex areas, thus avoiding land abandonment and promote sustainable crop systems in these areas, reports the regional government in a statement .

Sustainable development

These areas are characterized by a significant limitation of the possibilities of land use and, kinah for sale, a substantial increase in labor costs for existence, because of the altitude, of very difficult climatic conditions and the consequences of shortening the period Crop.

At lower altitudes, and the presence of slopes too steep to use machinery or equipment require the use of particularly expensive, and problems of accessibility or a combination of these factors.

The purpose of these, sto credits, funds is to promote the sustainable development of agricultural land, maintaining agricultural activity in rural areas and set the rural population, thus avoiding the process of abandonment of these lands and the consequent erosion and encouraging local production . BENEFICIARIES

May be eligible for such aid or natural persons performing SAT partners active in the field of the Autonomous Community and meet the requirements to be considered "main title farmer" or who are registered in the Register of Farms Canary priority. In both cases the acreage must be greater than one hectare.

The beneficiaries of this hotline undertake to develop their agricultural activities in designated areas, at least for five years.

Requests to qualify for this line of aid from the European Agricultural Rural Development (EAFRD) published in the Boletin Oficial de Canarias (BOC) on May 11, must be submitted until 11 June before the Agriculture, Livestock , Fisheries and Food, in Agricultural Extension Agent, or any agencies or forms provided in the decree of 29 July.

This call is consistent with the provisions of Article 64.1 of the regulatory basis for the granting of certain subsidies provided under the Rural Development Programme Canary EAFRD for the programming period 2007-2013, approved by Order of February 10 2010, the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, and Article 14 of Decree 36/2009 of 31 March.