What did the Court of Accounts recommend to Midagri for the transparent distribution of Fertiabonds?

A few days after the list of the first recipients of the economic aid, known as “Fertiabono”, was announced so that farmers could buy fertilizerThe Comptroller General made eight recommendations for the transparent distribution of economic aid.

Let’s remember that Fertiabonus It was approved by Emergency Decree No. 022-2022 and will help with an amount that ranges from S/745 to S/7400, depending on the hectares of agricultural land owned by producers.

In this sense, the Comptroller General, within his powers, presented a list of recommendations aimed at the timely, efficient and transparent management of individual financial support, as well as facilitating the work of state control over the use of remote control.

Identification and selection of beneficiaries

1. Monitor the deadlines provided for the registration of agricultural producers in order to ensure greater coverage of eligible farmers for the purposes of the Emergency Decree at the level of all regions of the country.

two. Determine the timing and frequency of issuing the Lists of Beneficiaries is responsible for the General Directorate of Statistics, Monitoring and Policy Evaluation of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Irrigation (MIDAGRI) for the purposes of the approval provided for in paragraph 3.1 of Article 3 of the Emergency Decree.

3. Determine the minimum procedures that will be applied to verify compliance with the criteria set out in paragraph 2.2 of Article 2 of the Emergency Decree.

4. Define the criteria and procedures to be used to identify beneficiaries for each model (100% cash and mixed), with a focus on producers who manage up to five (05) hectares; to make transparent the way in which financial support is provided, in accordance with the provisions of Article 2, paragraph 2.4, of the Emergency Decree.

Cash Support Process

5. Develop the methodology and formulas to be applied in the calculation an individual amount of monetary support to be given to each agricultural producer in accordance with the criteria set in the Emergency Decree.

6. Think submission of periodic reports on the performance of transferred resources, which allow monitoring during the process, since article 8 of the Emergency Ordinance provides that Agrobanco informs MIDAGRI only at the end of the process (June 30, 2023).

Monitoring and monitoring compliance with the provisions of the State of Emergency Ordinance

7. Determine the follow-up and monitoring actions set out in Article 10 of the Emergency Decree in charge of the General Directorate of Association, Financial Services and Insurance-DGASFS MIDAGRI (defining the authorities and/or dependencies that will support the follow-up). and monitoring, capability, those responsible for its implementation and oversight, issuance of reports or reports on results, among others).

8. Define the procedures and scope of action for ex officio verification of the information provided for in Article 11 of the Emergency Decree in charge of the General Directorate of Statistics, Monitoring and Evaluation of MIDAGRI Policies (determining the authorities and / or dependencies that will be involved, the possibility, those who are responsible for its execution and supervision, issuance of reports or reports of resultsamong others).