Government caves in to pressure from farmers

The Serbian government decided on Friday in a telephone session to approve the same amount of subsidies to farming households as that given last year.

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Friday, 03.06.2011.

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The Serbian government decided on Friday in a telephone session to approve the same amount of subsidies to farming households as that given last year. Farmers will be subsidized with RSD 14,000 per hectare for up to 100 hectares of land. Government caves in to pressure from farmers The government's plan to reduce the maximum size of subsidized land to only 10 hectares this year caused protests that saw farmers in their tractors block major roads in the province of Vojvodina, in the north of the country. The decision, confirmed today, was reached last night in a meeting between top state officials, including President Boris Tadic, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetkovic, ministers with relevant portfolios, and leaders of the parties of Serbia's ruling coalition. Earlier this week, government representatives were maintaining that fulfilling the farmers' demands would destabilize the budget. Representatives of associations that organized protests welcomed the news, but said they would wait for the decision to become official before calling off the road blocks. Club 100 P Plus chairman Vojislav Malesev said the tractors would remain in place until representatives of protesting farmers have been invited by the authorities, and given the government's decision "in writing". Agriculture Minister Dusan Petrovic was quoted as saying that he would ask the government to fulfill its new obligation regarding the subsidies "in the next eight months". (Beta)

Government caves in to pressure from farmers

The government's plan to reduce the maximum size of subsidized land to only 10 hectares this year caused protests that saw farmers in their tractors block major roads in the province of Vojvodina, in the north of the country.

The decision, confirmed today, was reached last night in a meeting between top state officials, including President Boris Tadić, Prime Minister Mirko Cvetković, ministers with relevant portfolios, and leaders of the parties of Serbia's ruling coalition.

Earlier this week, government representatives were maintaining that fulfilling the farmers' demands would destabilize the budget.

Representatives of associations that organized protests welcomed the news, but said they would wait for the decision to become official before calling off the road blocks.

Club 100 P Plus chairman Vojislav Malešev said the tractors would remain in place until representatives of protesting farmers have been invited by the authorities, and given the government's decision "in writing".

Agriculture Minister Dušan Petrović was quoted as saying that he would ask the government to fulfill its new obligation regarding the subsidies "in the next eight months".

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