BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 8. Azerbaijan plans to
introduce subsidies for horticulture, Trend reports.


President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev has amended
his decree “On Improving State Support for Agriculture and Leasing
Activities in the Agro-Industrial Sector” dated December 19,
2018.


According to the decree, the “Rules for Subsidizing Agricultural
Production” have been updated.


A horticulture subsidy is a subsidy provided to farmers per
hectare of cultivated land to compensate for a portion of the costs
incurred in the first year of establishing a garden for growing
(planting and providing agrotechnical services) crops on land
designated for perennial crops in accordance with its intended
purpose, for the purchase of agricultural machinery, conducting
agrochemical soil analysis, utilizing agricultural services,
installing modern irrigation systems, and conducting
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