Agriculture minister proposing measure to help food producers

The minister of agriculture, Petr Gandalovič, is putting forward a plan to help food producers hit by a slowdown in payment and difficulty in securing loans, the news website euro.cz reported. Some CZK 800 million is being earmarked for the programme, which was not included in the recently announced government stimulus package and has to be approved by the cabinet.

Author: Ian Willoughby