The EU on Monday agreed to up
aid to quake-hit Italian farmers after a meeting between Farm
Minister Maurizio Martina and European Commissioner Phil Hogan.
Aid will be boosted in three ways: by integrating funds for
agricultural support; bringing forward all direct payments and
some rural-development funds; and a fast track for reassigning
funds to reinforce Rural Development Programme (RDP) to restore
agricultural and woodland potential damaged by the quake.
Farmers in central Italy are struggling to recover from quakes
in August, October and last week.
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