Heavy snow damage, Kanagawa Prefecture supports 2 billion yen for agricultural recovery

Heavy snow damage, Kanagawa Prefecture supports 2 billion yen for agricultural recovery

 

大雪被害　農業復旧に２０億円

 

黒岩祐治神奈川県知事は３月１１日、２月の記録的大雪で被害を受けた農業者を支援するため、壊れた生産施設の復旧費補助などを盛り込んだ２０億円規模の補正予算案を編成する方針を明らかにした。

 

国の緊急支援策に補助率を上乗せして農業者の負担を最大限低減する考えで、開会中の神奈川県議会定例会に追加提案する。

 

神奈川県が自然災害による農業被害の復旧支援に補助金を充てるのは初めて。

 

３月３日に公表された国の支援策では、壊れた農業用ハウスや畜産関係施設などの再建・修繕に関する経費に対し、国の補助率が３割から５割に引き上げられた。

 

神奈川県は独自に補助率を上乗せする考えだが、仮に神奈川県と市町村がそれぞれ２割（地方負担の７割は特別交付税措置）を補助した場合、農業者の負担は１割で済む計算になる。

 

倒壊施設の撤去費用についても、施設の種類ごとに定められた全額を国と神奈川県、市町村が補助する。

 

また、宿泊業でキャンセルが相次ぐなどの影響が生じたことから、売上高が１０％以上減った事業者などを対象に、３月１２日から「大雪被害特別融資」を実施。

 

上限８千万円で貸付利率は１０年以内で年１・８％、５年以内で１・５％、２年以内で１・３％と低く設定する。

 

３月１１日の神奈川県議会予算委員会で自民党の土井隆典氏（川崎市多摩区）の質問に答えた黒岩神奈川県知事は「神奈川県内の農業関係の被害は３０億円を超えるかつてない規模だ。速やかな再建が進まないと営農意欲が低下するおそれもある」と、緊急支援の必要性を強調した。

 

（神奈川新聞、２０１４年３月１２日）

 

Heavy snow damage, Kanagawa Prefecture supports 2 billion yen for agricultural recovery

 

March 11, Governor of Kanagawa Prefecture President Yuji Kuroiwa has revealed plans to organize the supplementary budget of 2 billion yen that incorporates and restoration costs of auxiliary production facilities broken, in order to support farmers who were damaged by the heavy snow record of February.

 

Thought to reduce the maximum burden of farmers and to plus the subsidy rate on emergency support measures from the country, he propose to add to the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly of Regular Meeting in session.

 

This is the first time for Kanagawa Prefecture to devote a subsidy to support restoration of agricultural damage caused by natural disasters.

 

In support measures of the country in which published on March 3, for expenses related to reconstruction and repair, such as livestock relationship and facilities agricultural house broken, subsidy rate of the country has been raised to 50 % from 30 %.

 

Kanagawa Prefecture idea that plus the subsidy rate on its own, if the municipality Kanagawa Prefecture were assisting the 20 % (70% of the local burden special allocation tax measures) respectively, the burden of farmers become calculation that requires only 10 %.

 

Also removal costs of collapse facility, Kanagawa Prefecture and the country, municipalities to assist in the full amount that is determined for each type of facility.

 

In addition, since the effects cancel such successive in lodging industry has occurred, intended for such operators has decreased more than 10% in net sales, implement the "heavy snow damage special loan" from March 12.

 

Upper limit is 80 million yen, loan interest rate is, 1.8 % in the year within 10 years, 1.5 % within five years, 1.3 % within two years, they set low loan interest rate.

 

Governor of Kanagawa Prefectural President Yuji Kuroiwa answered questions from Mr. Takanori Doi of the Liberal Democratic Party in the Kanagawa Prefectural Assembly Budget Committee of March 11, stressed the need of emergency assistance, "Damage of agriculture in Kanagawa Prefecture was unprecedented scale in excess of 3 billion yen. There is a possibility that farming motivation decreases if rapid reconstruction is not progress."

 

(Kanagawa Shimbun, 12 Wednesday March 2014 The Roman)

(Translated: R.S.F. toshiki speed news press, Agence France-Presse, 13 Thursday March 2014 The Roman)