Is the agricultural support and protection subsidy still available in 2020, and what are the new changes?
The country's agricultural subsidy policies are gradually being improved, and more and more farmers are enjoying the benefits of these policies. Among them, the agricultural support and protection subsidy is something many farmers pay attention to. Is there an agricultural support and protection subsidy in 2020? What new changes will there be?
1. Is there an agricultural support and protection subsidy in 2020?
The agricultural support and protection subsidy mainly includes: direct subsidies for grain cultivation, comprehensive subsidies for agricultural inputs, and subsidies for improved crop seeds. Its purpose is to better encourage farmers to farm profitably. It is reported that the total amount of funding subsidies for the whole of 2018 reached 220 billion yuan, which shows that the level of support is quite substantial. At present, agriculture is still an important industry in our country and the lifeblood of economic development in rural areas. The state has always attached considerable importance to the agricultural support and protection subsidy, and the agricultural support and protection subsidy will indeed be available in 2020.
2. Changes to the agricultural support and protection subsidy
First, compared with the past, grain subsidies are no longer issued separately, but are issued together with comprehensive subsidies for agricultural inputs and subsidies for improved crop seeds, and are directly subsidized to households. As for how the subsidized area, which many farmers generally care about, is calculated, this is basically determined by each provincial-level people's government in light of local conditions.
Second, the targets of direct agricultural subsidy funds will also be made clearer. As long as they are farming households with contracted rights to cultivated land, they can apply for direct agricultural subsidy funds. The reason for this provision is also, to a certain extent, to avoid some subsidy disputes arising from land transfers.
As for when the subsidy funds are issued, they are usually issued in June and July each year. Overall, since the reform of the agricultural “three items” subsidies in 2015, all localities have been earnestly implementing the national agricultural subsidy policy. The management and issuance of the agricultural support and protection subsidy have progressed smoothly, farmers have benefited greatly, grain production has been promoted, and it has played a positive role in ensuring national food security and stability, protecting cultivated land, and improving the fertility of cultivated land.
In addition to the above changes, there are also some farmer friends who cannot receive subsidies this year. For example, farmers who leave their fields idle for a long time without growing grain and without contracting them out will have their direct agricultural subsidies directly canceled. Another example is opening up wasteland without permission. For farmers who open up wasteland without management rights, not only will there be no subsidy, but the wasteland may even be reclaimed. In addition, those who privately change the use of cultivated land and those who contract it out to others will also have their direct agricultural subsidies canceled in these situations.
3. These groups can enjoy high subsidies
1. Farmers who contract land to grow grain
The state has always strongly supported farmers who grow grain, especially in various policy subsidies. In order to increase the enthusiasm of grain-growing farmers, let their hard work receive the rewards they deserve, and also to prevent rural land from being wasted, this year the state will increase subsidies for farmers who contract land to grow grain.
2. Farmers engaged in large-scale cultivation
The benefits of large-scale cultivation are very obvious, and the state has always been very supportive of it. In order for this type of farmer to receive more incentives, this year the state will also accordingly increase their grain subsidies.
The agricultural support and protection subsidy can allow farmers to enjoy better cutlassfish, and in the future there may be more precise policies and benefits, so that the broad community of farmer friends can also become wealthy.