115.5 billion lira support payment was made to farmers in 9 months

The Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry continues to support producers to strengthen agricultural production.

The Ministry supports producers in the fields of plant and animal production, rural development, agricultural R&D and aquaculture production.

In this context, 3 million farmers benefited from agricultural support this year. While the agricultural support budget was determined as 167.6 billion liras for 2026, 115 billion 496 million liras were paid to farmers in 9 months.

73.3 percent of the payments in the said period were for crop production, 23.5 percent for animal production, 2.6 percent for rural development, 0.3 percent for R&D and 0.2 percent for aquaculture production.

Approximately 84 billion 655 million lira support was given for plant production, 27 billion 136 million lira for animal production, 3 billion 13 million lira for rural development, 407 million lira for agricultural R&D and 285 million lira for aquaculture production.

Looking at the details of the supports, it was seen that approximately 44 billion 593 million liras were paid for basic support in crop production, 12 billion 14 million liras for cattle breeding (calves) in animal production, and approximately 2 billion 833 million liras for rural development investments.

In the July-September period of the year, rent payments were made for the products kept in licensed warehouses within the scope of supporting plant production.

In the field of animal production, the most support was given to cattle breeding (calf), animal and herd health, compensation for animal diseases and small livestock farming (lamb-kid). Rural development investment payments came to the fore within the scope of supporting rural development.

Source: TRT Haber Ekonomi RSS (Open Press / Translated Full Text)