More than 1.500 family farmers will receive Harvest Guarantee in July

It was published this Monday (18/07), in the Official Gazette of the Union (DOU), the SAF/Mapa Ordinance No. 285, through the Secretariat of Family Agriculture and Cooperatives of the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Supply, which authorizes the payment of the Harvest Guarantee benefit. This month, farmers from the municipalities of Biritinga, Novo Triunfo and Sátiro Dias, in Bahia, will be covered.

The amount of authorized resources will reach more than R$1,3 million. The ordinance comes into force from the date of its publication.

Payment of the benefit – referring to the 2020/2021 harvest – in the amount of R$ 850 is made in a single installment, as a result of measures to combat the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19), as published in Ordinance no. April 15.

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 one 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%.

It is worth noting that payments will be made from July 2022, on the same dates defined by the social benefits payment calendar.

Benefit blocked

Farmers adhering to the Garantia-Safra who had the granting of the benefit blocked in the municipalities that had authorization for payment in the month of June/2022 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, clicking on this link, and check the reason for the block by checking 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 blockade, through the service “Request a Defense Request after Blocking the Harvest Guarantee Benefit”, on the Gov.br platform.

The list of farmers who had the benefit blocked, as a precautionary measure, will be forwarded by the State Coordinations to municipal managers.

Other information about Garantia-Safra can be requested from the Mapa Secretariat of Family Agriculture and Cooperatives by email atguarantesafra.cgs@agro.gov.br or by telephone at (61) 3218-3319.

Click here to check if the benefit is blocked.