Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development in Algeria completed, today, Thursday, the process of compensation in kind for all farmers, estimated at more than 1,500 farmers, affected by the fires that occurred in some provinces of the country last August, according to a representative of the ministry, adding that the ministry succeeded in “closing the file of compensation for livestock breeders affected by the fires” by handing them in-kind compensation represented in Heads of cows, sheep and goats and declared that Guelma represents the last station to compensate this category of the affected.
The same source stated that the breeders affected by the recent fires, who were included in the compensation process, are distributed across 6 provinces of the country, namely Tizi Ouzou, Bejaïa, Jijel, Skikda, Bouira and Guelma, noting that the largest share of compensation was in the state of Tizi Ouzou and represented 600 dairy cows, 3000 sheep and 2500 goats in view of the losses caused by the fires.
The Minister pointed out that the process of compensating farmers was carried out in record time, in implementation of the orders of the President of the Republic, Mr. Abdelmadjid Tebboune, and the instructions of the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Abdel Hamid Hamdani, to “accelerate the compensation of those affected by the fires.”
ENTV.dz 09/09/2021
