Why is the delay in subsidies for livestock farmers becoming normal?

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Click here for details On October 13, 2021, on the front page of the Nihon Keizai Shimbun morning edition, there was an article titled "Livestock Fund, payment delays normalized". In fiscal 2015, subsidies for agricultural machinery leasing, which is a pillar of the national fund to promote the management efficiency of livestock farmers, have been delayed in subsidies to farmers one after another. What kind of background do you have?

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In response to the general agreement on the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries has a fund project that subsidizes up to half of the agricultural machinery leasing cost to strengthen the constitution of livestock farmers. was installed. According to a survey by the Nihon Keizai Shimbun, only 450 of the approximately 8,700 unofficial job offers in fiscal 2016 were paid within the fiscal year. 30% were postponed after 2018, and over the 2016-2020 period, more than 50% were paid after the year after next.

What delays payment is the complicated paperwork. Although the offer of support is given only by a simple confirmation, in the subsequent procedures, about 10 types of documents such as a contract application form, a business plan, and an estimate of leasing expenses are required. There is a structural problem that the burden on both parties is increasing because this is handled by only five staff members and exchanged many times.

Some farmers have given up on delays in payment, and in fiscal 2017, over 10% of the 6,700 job offers declined. Due to delays in payments and withdrawals, the fund's expenditure is small, but more national funds are invested every year, and the balance, which was 65.9 billion yen at the time of its establishment, expanded to 100.7 billion yen at the end of fiscal 2020. It is necessary to verify how many farmers need support in the first place.

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