The Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture encourages young farmers to develop their farms. He tempts with grants of 150,000 zł. Later, although the applicants meet all the requirements, they are required to return the money. The farmers notified the Ministry of Agriculture of the violations. — In the fall of 2021, we wrote to the ministry. To this day, silence, - says Viktor Shmulevich, president of the National Council of Agricultural Chambers.
Jacek Krawczyk, a gardener from Mazovia, wanted to develop the family business. He was seduced by the “Bonuses for Young Farmers” program organized by the Agency for Restructuring and Modernization of Agriculture (ARMA): he was supposed to receive 150,000 zł to buy machinery and tools needed to develop the farm.
Today, he has to turn to lawyers for help, because the Agency interprets laws and regulations as it wants. He asks the farmer to return the awarded grants. Officials question the farmer’s education, which is one of the requirements for the grant. When we ask about this education at ARMA headquarters, she replies that it meets the requirements. The same was stated by the Central Examination Commission.
Jacek Krawczyk has to transfer more than 80,000 jobs today. zloty.
- It’s a circus with this education. It all depends on the whims of the officials. Once you do it, sometimes you don’t. And you don’t know why, says a farmer who has taken advantage of the program.
Wojciech Krul, Jacek Krawczyk’s lawyer, adds that his client is not the only one who has experienced this.
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