Farmers to receive damages of HUF 360,000 per hectare for GMO-tainted cropland

The government will offer farmers compensation of HUF 360,000 per hectare for GMO-tainted cropland, the Ministry of Rural Development told MTI on Thursday.
The ministry said that the government at allocated HUF 4 billion for farmers with GMO-tainted cropland.
The farmers will have until September 30 to apply for the damages, which the government will disburse by the middle of December, at the latest.
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