Bad weather cost Kosovo agriculture over 7 million euros

Major damage has been caused this year in agricultural cultures from hail and floods.

The first figures of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development speak of more than 7m euros in damage in the sector for the January-July 2018 period, Koha Ditore writes today.

But they have not shown which agricultural culture has been largely damaged within this period. And from the recent August floods, damage in the Suhareka municipality amounts to 6.6m euros, including damage to infrastructure and family economies.

The ministry has no emergency funds, which would compensate for damaged farmers. Evental assistance is done with immediate decisions by the Government of Kosovo. One is taken on August 22nd for those injured in Suhareka.

The Kosovo government has allocated 1.1m euros, which will be used for public municipal services, road infrastructure and in subsidies and transfers of this municipality.