Factsheet for measure
PT-2023-34/3399
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Updated
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Support for farmers affected by fires
Apoio extraordinário a agricultores/as cujos efetivos pecuários e apiários foram afetados pelos incêndios nos concelhos de Aljezur, Monchique e Odemira
Background information
The large-scale fires that broke out in May and the first few days of August 2023 affected the municipalities of Aljezur, Monchique and Odemira, causing the destruction of pastures used to feed cattle, sheep and goats.
The scale of this destruction implies an unexpected and significant increase in the cost of production for these farms, since the removal of pastures means that the animals now have to be fed by buying food on the market.
The Government therefore considered it a priority to create support for livestock producers with a view to acquiring animal feed. This extraordinary support was created by Order 11/2023 of 22 August 2023.
It turns out that, in addition the fires also jeopardised the feeding of bees from bee farms whose apiaries are located close to the burnt areas, depriving the bees of the natural food that these areas provided.
Therefore, it has also become a priority to utilise the financial allocation set out in Order 11/2023 to address the equally difficult situation of beekeepers whose holdings were also affected, directly or indirectly, by the large-scale fires in the same municipalities. This was provided by Order 13/2023 of 25 September 2023.
Content of measure
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food, through Order 11/2023, provides extraordinary support to farmers, natural or legal persons, whose cattle, sheep and goat livestock were affected by the fires that occurred in the municipalities of Aljezur, Monchique and Odemira, during the month of May and in the first few days of August 2023.
This financial support programme has a total allocation of €25,000, based on the number of livestock and the area affected. The amount of support is calculated according to the following figures:
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Cattle: €38 per male or female aged 24 months or over; €25 per male or female under the age of 24 months.
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Sheep and goats: €13 per sheep or goat.
Furthermore, Order 13/2023, sharing the same total allocation of €25,000, creates a support programme for beekeepers whose apiaries were directly or indirectly affected by fires that broke out in May and the first days of August 2023, whose apiaries are located up to 1.5 km away from the burnt area in the municipalities of Aljezur, Monchique and Odemira.
The amount of support to which beekeepers are entitled is €6.80 per hive of each apiary.
Updates
The following updates to this measure have been made after it came into effect.
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02 September 2025
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Ordinance 289-A/2025/1 establishes extraordinary support for farmers whose livestock herds were affected by the fires that occurred in mainland Portugal and sets out the conditions for granting this support. The total budget allocated to the support established under this ordinance is €543 000. The support provided takes the form of a non-repayable, lump-sum payment. The amount of support is calculated according to the following values (per animal registered in the producer’s name on 1 August 2025):
Order 10343-A/2025 establishes support for beekeepers whose apiaries were directly or indirectly affected by the fires that impacted the parishes and municipalities defined in Council of Ministers Resolution126-A/2025 of 28 August. It covers apiaries located up to 1.5 km from the burnt area. The amount of support to which the beekeeper is entitled is €6.98 per hive in each eligible apiary. The support established under this order is provided by the territorially competent Regional Coordination and Development Commission, public institute (CCDR, I.P.), and financed up to a maximum amount of €226 000.
This measure was updated by
PT-2025-27/4041
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28 August 2025
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The Council of Ministers Resolution 126-A/2025 defines the territorial and temporal scope for implementing government support and mitigation measures in response to the impact of rural fires. All parishes with burnt area resulting from major rural fires between 00:00 on 26 July 2025 and 23:59 on 27 August 2025 were taken into account, in the regions of Alentejo, Lisbon and Tagus Valley, Centre and North.
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Use of measure
No information is available on the use of this measure.
Target groups
Actors and funding
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Actors
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Funding
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National government
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National funds
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Social partners
Social partners' role in
designing the measure
and form of involvement:
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Trade unions
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Employers' organisations
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Role
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No involvement
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No involvement
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Form
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Not applicable
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Not applicable
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Social partners' role in the
implementation, monitoring and assessment phase:
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No involvement
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Main level of involvement: N/A
Involvement
Social partners were not involved.
Views and reactions
The views of social partners on the measure are not known.
Sectors and occupations
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This case is sector-specific (only private sector)
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Economic area
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Sector (NACE level 2)
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A - Agriculture, Forestry And Fishing
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A1 Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities
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This case is not occupation-specific.
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