In the agricultural year of 2008/2009, which ends in March, Azorean farmers received circa 40 million Euros of income support funds from the POSEI and PRORURAL assistance programmes.
Data from the Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry shows that approximately 3,200 farmers received, Monday, the first installment of the prize for milk-production, of a total amount of 18,2 million Euros.
The same data also reveals that if we compare, at the present date, this period of the agricultural year with last year’s, Azorean farmers received an extra eight million Euros.