Garantia-Safra authorizes payment for more than 88 thousand family farmers

Ordinance No. 11 was published this Thursday (4) in the Official Gazette of the Union, which determines the payment of the Harvest Guarantee benefit to farmers who joined the 2019/2020 harvest. This month, farmers from Alagoas, Bahia, Ceará, Minas Gerais, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Piauí and Sergipe will receive payment. The amount of resources authorized for these farmers will reach more than R$74 million.

Given the scenario imposed in relation to the Covid-19 pandemic, the Agricultural Policy Secretariat decided to exceptionally anticipate the payment of the Harvest Guarantee Program in the 2019/2020 harvest. As published in Ordinance No. 15, of April 14, 2020, this Harvest Guarantee payment will be made in full in a single installment of R$850.

The Garantia-Safra aims to guarantee food security for family farmers who live in regions systematically subject to crop loss, due to drought or flooding. Farmers with a monthly income of up to 1 and a half minimum wages are entitled to receive the benefit, when they have production losses in their municipalities equal to or greater than 50%. The Harvest Guarantee benefit is made available in accordance with the social benefit payment schedule.

Notification of farmers with blocked benefit

With the launch of the service “Request a Defense Request after Blocking the Garantia-Safra Benefit”, on the Gov.br platform, farmers adhering to Garantia-Safra who had the granting of the benefit blocked in the municipalities that had payment authorization in the month of January /2021 must comply with the guidelines set out in Ordinance No. 25, of July 08, 2020 to regularize the benefit.

If the benefit is blocked, the farmer must access his profile in the Garantia-Safra Management System, at this link and check the reason for the blockage through the notification that appears in the profile. The farmer will have up to 30 days, after the publication of the Ordinance authorizing the payment of the benefit, to express his opinion regarding the blocking of the benefit.

The list of farmers who had the benefit blocked, as a precautionary measure, will be forwarded by the State Coordinations to municipal managers. Click here to check the list of farmers who had the granting of the benefit blocked, on a precautionary basis, according to Ordinance No. 25, of July 08, 2020.