The Government approves a Perte of 1,000 million for the agri-food sector five days before the elections in Castilla y León

The Council of Ministers approved this Tuesday the strategic project for the recovery and transformation of the agri-food sector, better known as Perte, which

euros from European funds, although with private investment it is expected to have a 3,000 million.

The objective of this plan is to improve the competitiveness of a sector "which is strategic for the country", in the words of the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, Luis Planas.

per year in gross added value, according to the figures given at the press conference after the Council of Ministers.

Spain has more than

agri-food industries (mostly SMEs) that employ two million people and that "represent a fundamental element of our economic structure, but also social and territorial" .

competitiveness

A Perte is a project that aims to promote strategic areas of the economy and improve their possible deficiencies, and that has public-private financing.

The agri-food sector seeks to

especially in the face of the challenges posed by climate change.

It also aims to promote issues related to traceability and food safety.

The aid will revolve around

.

One is the strengthening of the industry through the improvement of production processes.

For this, 400 million will be allocated.

The second is support for the digitization of agents in the value chain (farmers or ranchers, cooperatives and transformation or distribution companies), with 454 million euros, and the third seeks to promote research and innovation, with 148 million .

The approval of this Perte was announced on Monday by the Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, during an act in Almería.

It is approved a few days before elections are held in Castilla y León and at a time when

, especially due to the rise in costs they bear.

protests in the field

"We are facing a moment of transformation of the primary sector", Luis Planas has justified in this sense, who has pointed out that "for this reason it is necessary to have elements of investment and support, such as this Perte, although that does not mean that within the sector there are difficulties, which are real, such as the rise in some costs".

Asked about the controversy of the macro-farms and in relation to the protests by ranchers in Lorca (Murcia), Luis Planas has indicated that the Government "rejects the use of any instrument that could coerce people or institutions."

This Perte, which will be managed by the Ministries of Agriculture and of Industry, Commerce and Tourism, is, as Planas has highlighted, "one of the great pillars" of the Government for this sector, along with the Common Agricultural Policy (PAC) and the Agrifood Chain Law, approved last year.

"This is the highest figure for the injection of public funds that has ever occurred in Spain for the sector," said the minister, who insisted that "

The aid will be limited to the ceiling set by the EU and, as Planas has clarified, the same action cannot be financed with European funds.

In addition to this Perte for the agri-food sector, the Government has approved another for the development of electric vehicles, cutting-edge health vehicles and renewable energies.

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