At the conclusion of the examination of 201 projects presented on the national level, Michel MERCIER Minister of the rural Space and the Town and country planning and Bruno LE MAIRE, Minister of the Food, the Farming and Fishing announced on July 7th 115 projects retained.
The rural excellence Center deposited by the sector périgourdine sweet chestnut was retained.
Concretely for INOVCHATAIGNE, the PER allows to double the objectives fixed within the framework of CASTANEA Sylva. If the objectives of rehabilitation were 10 000 trees, thanks to the contributions of the PER the objective is henceforth 20 000 trees, for a production of 1 000 tons of fruits.
A good piece of news for the region....
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