Control of the use of incentive funds is the subject of regular annual controls of the Agricultural Inspection Service. In 2022, republic and municipal/city agricultural inspectors performed 353 inspections on the use of incentive funds, within which 922 incentive measures were controlled. The total amount of controlled incentive funds is BAM 8,842,005.33.
Different types of incentives intended for different purposes, such as perennial crops, agricultural mechanization, investments in storage and processing of agricultural products, premiums for milk, premiums for the cow-calf breeding system, investments in livestock production and others were controlled.
Out of the total number of controls performed, 287 controls were regular, while 66 were irregular. Due to the determined irregularities, 57 misdemeanor orders in the total amount of BAM 66,000 were issued, and the return of incentive funds in the total amount of BAM 129,167.79 was ordered.
Irregularities that were determined related to the circumstances that the allocated incentive funds were not spent in accordance with the Rulebook on the conditions and methods of obtaining financial incentives for the development of agriculture and villages, i.e. they were spent inappropriately, and to the circumstances that the allocated funds were realized on the basis of incorrectly specified data. Irregularities were determined in the areas of premiums for produced and sold vegetables, premiums for breeding sows, support for self-employment of graduated agricultural engineers, support for capital investments in hunting, support for fruit production and support for business activities of women’s associations.
Given that the new Rulebook on the conditions and methods of obtaining financial incentives for the development of agriculture and rural areas came into force in recent days and that this year’s budget for incentives amounts to BAM 180 million, the Agricultural Inspection Service will take all measures in intensive field controls to prevent abuses.
The aim of the work of the Agricultural Inspection Service is to provide strong support to domestic agricultural production and honest producers who invest great efforts in improving and increasing production. In the coming days, agricultural producers can expect more intensive inspection controls.
In 2021, 476 controls on the use of incentive funds were carried out, within which 1,560 measures were controlled. The total amount of controlled incentive funds is BAM 13,498,839.51. Out of the total number of controls performed, nine controls were irregular, and the Decisions of the inspector ordered the return of incentive funds in the amount of BAM 87,148.76.
