COVID-19 effects on gardening , pandemic measures , agro finances , market intelligence , mentoring for entrepreneur - The workweek in Hungarian Agriculture Department .
flower gardening affected by COVID-19The chrysanthemum farming line in Hungary faced serious trouble and suffered considerable damages due to the pandemic this class . ( Agroberichtenbuitenland.com recently reported about the sphere , see that Newsflashhere . )
Stakeholders report that they faced various issue this season , all directly or indirectly due to the COVID-19 pandemic . One of these was that in the spring , there were unprecedented shock in the supply of works propagation materials . Magyar chrysanthemum James Leonard Farmer import most of these from the Netherlands , and due to labor shortages in the Dutch sector due to pandemic lockdown , there was disruption in the plant propagation material export to Hungary .
Another issue was that there were British Labour Party shortage in Hungary as well . While due to the economical effects of the crisis , there was a tumid - than - median Labor Department supply in the July planting season of chrysanthemum , not many workers can stand the spicy greenhouse conditions at flower farms .
Finally , during the All Saints ’ Day peak season of the chrysanthemum trade , due to domestic pandemic regulation on plenty shopping in Slovakia and the Czech Republic , farmers in these commonwealth were left with a considerable supply of unsold garden truck , which they export to Western Hungary , driving down the domestic toll of chrysanthemum in the Magyar market from € 0.61 to € 0.33 per heyday .
manufacturer monetary value continue to riseBased on the latest figure on agro producer price from September by the Central Statistical Office ( KSH ) , the drastic price increase of fruits slowed down after August , but the price increase of cereal , veggie and animal feed accelerated further .
aggregative mean producer cost throughout the agricultural sectors in September 2020 were 6.6 % higher than a class ago . On average , the mean cost addition somewhat slow up down from the August figure of 6.7 % .
Since last year , the purchase price of cereals and horticultural production increased by 9.6 % and 13.9 % , respectively . The terms increase of vegetables went from 10.5 % in August to 12.8 % in September . While the price increase vogue of these products held in September , yield price gain slow from 46.3 % to 41.1 % in the same period .
Meanwhile , the Mary Leontyne Price of potato decreased by 14.3 % , and the purchase price of unrecorded animal has been 6.8 % lower in August than a class before , and the decrease reached 8.7 % by September , the fifth calendar month in a rowing where mean prices have been lower than the last year .
complimentary agro mentoring program for enterpriser to be launchedThe Foundation for Small Enterprise Economic Development ( SEED ) is begin a new mentoring program for entrepreneurs in the farming sectors , denote the National Chamber of Agriculture ( NAK ) . The mentoring program will provide devoid - of - charge coaching job for SMEs to overview their byplay structure and discover possible domain of development . The program will pair mentors with SME owners with whom they can share worthful experience on mart challenges , direction alternative , as well as veridical - life applications and effective tools .
The program will target specific groups in the agro SME sector : Women business leadership , untested ( under 35 ) entrepreneurs , kinsfolk businesses undergoing generational modification , and SMEs gravely touch by the pandemic .
Agro finances : The sphere is stableWhile certain sector are gravely dissemble by COVID-19 , the pandemic has not break up agro and nutrient industriousness this year as much as environmental factors did . fiscal sphere stakeholder account that agro business currently incline to use current asset financing construction , however , there is grow demand for investment funds loans as well and as the agroeconomy adapts , modernisation might accelerate in the coming period .
As a part of the economic recovery policy measures introduced over the pandemic month , the Central Bank of Hungary ( MNB ) precede a € 2.57 billion low - involvement SME subsidy dodge , out of which , € 276.8 million has so far been used by agro patronage . There is also an increased interest group in the Agro Széchenyi Card instrument . ( More info on this financial concept can be found here ) .
Horeca : Relief measuring rod introducedAside from the general restrictive measures announced last workweek containing provisions for the aiding of the tourism & HORECA industry ( more on this can be found in an overview by Telex here ) , last weekend the authorities insert a new policy , temporarily boil down the value-added tax of home intellectual nourishment rescue for restaurants and catering companies from 27 % to 5 % .
stakeholder in the sphere welcome the new insurance policy , however , the intelligence portal HVG reports that the reduction in these caller ’ social share duty should be widen in order for the businesses to stay afloat . Many doer are employed through hour caller , which think of that as they are not technically employees of catering businesses , their societal contributions can not be cut back . Furthermore , many workers have minimal remuneration contracts , rely heavily on tips for their monthly income – Which means that there will be hard calendar month ahead for many with the closures in the sector .
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