Harvest Guarantee pays R$442,4 million in the 2017/18 cycle

More than 520 thousand farmers received the Garantia-Safra payment in the 2017-2018 cycle, totaling a balance of R$442,4 million in resources paid. Payment of benefits began in December 2018 and will end in October. The balance was released this Thursday (17) by the Agricultural Policy Secretariat of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply.

The program had 903.452 family farmers accredited from 1.215 municipalities in 10 states. Of this total, 520.492 farmers benefited from the Garantia-Safra in 558 municipalities in 9 states in the Northeast and also in the North of Minas Gerais. 

The result shows that almost half of the municipalities presented production losses of at least 50% due to the drought, according to the Garantia-Safra loss verification methodology, guaranteeing 57,6% of farmers who joined the program the right to receive the benefit.

The director of the Risk Management Department, Pedro Loyola, explains that the month of October represented the end of the analyzes of all municipalities that had losses due to drought in the 2017/2018 harvest. “This resource is very important for the food security of thousands of families and also contributes to the economy of these regions, since the resource is used to purchase food in these municipalities”, he adds.

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 Garantia-Safra provides for the transfer of R$850,00 divided into five installments of R$170,00. The Harvest Guarantee benefit is made available in accordance with the social benefit payment schedule.

Beneficiaries of the 2017/18 Harvest Guarantee from October

In October, 28.172 families from 28 municipalities in Bahia, Pernambuco and Piauí will receive R$26,7 million, referring to the payment of the Garantia Safra program to cover losses due to the drought. A ordinance No. 4.876, which determines payment, was published this Thursday (17) in the Official Gazette of the Union.

See below the municipalities that will benefit:

Bahia: Iraquara, Maracás, Souto Soares.

Pernambuco: Brejo da Madre de Deus

Piaui: Acauã, Anísio de Abreu, Betânia do Piauí, Captain Gervásio Oliveira, Caridade do Piauí, Curral Novo do Piauí, Dom Inocêncio, Isaías Coelho, Jacobina do Piauí, João Costa, Jurema, Lagoa do Sítio, Paulistana, Pio IX, Queimada Nova , Santana do Piauí, São Braz do Piauí, São João do Piauí, São Lourenço do Piauí, São Raimundo Nonato, Tamboril do Piauí, Várzea Branca, Wall Ferraz.