Drought Bonus: It expires next week

March 31 next year is the deadline for farmers to receive the Get Well Now Bonus, also known as Drought BonusThis is reported by the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (Midagri).

This subsidy is provided farmers and ranchers whose crops or livestock were hit hard by a lack of rain in the Andean highlands in 2022.

Recall that in the second half of last year, planting and harvesting activities were postponed due to drought, resulting in losses of more than SGD 654 million.

How’s the bonus?

The Midagri subsidy is available to producers registered in Register of agricultural producers which have up to four hectares and up to 12 heads of cattle.

Farmers are paid a bonus of S$800 per hectare and alpaca growers are paid S$266 per head. alpaca.

The payment of this bonus for those affected by the drought has already been delivered since the end of January to the Banco de la Nación agencies, representing the beneficiary’s DNI. When approaching the window, you must call the code 115., transaction 550.

regions where this advantage applies: Amazonas, Ancash, Apurimac, Ayacucho, Cajamarca, Cuzco, Huancavelica, Huanuco, Junin, La Libertad, Lima, Madre de Dios, Pasco, Puno and San Martin.

It should be noted that only beneficiaries registered in the Register of Agricultural Producers before December 13 were taken into account for this bonus.

To find out if you are one of the beneficiaries who have not yet received a subsidy, you can go to www.gob.pe/recuperateya or call 0800-74006 from 17:00 to 22:00.