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AgriMin Barbu: Capping markups has been effective
Agriculture Minister Florin Barbu made a working visit to Calarasi on Tuesday to meet local farmers and discuss financing programmes, their problems and to tell them that capping markups has produced its effects, told Agerpres.
"Capping the markups on staples has produced its effects. That was seen, including on November 13, when the consumer price index from 2023 compared with 2022 has a minus sign (...). That shows us that the ordinance has produced its effect, that 50% of Romanians on low and medium income consume those products. Studies have been done, we have not made a sloppy ordinance," said Barbu.
He spoke with the farmers in the southern Calarasi County about agricultural financing programmes.
"I explained to them that in two weeks' time we will release almost EUR 2.2 billion under the strategic national programme; we are still discussing here the animal husbandry part, the processing part, the fruit growing part, the installation of young farmers, settlements that can access communal roads and agricultural roads; there are many projects that I unveiled. There are many problems that I noted from the farmers and the mayors of Calarasi County."
