Turkey

Law No. 2090 on assistance to farmers who have suffered losses due to natural disasters

Legislative

Law

Passed in 1977

This act establishes a government grant scheme to compensate farmers for loss and damage that occurs because of a disaster. It gives preferential treatment to small and family farms and requires subnational governments to establish damage assessment commissions to appraise the value of assets and assess damages. It also establishes a Disaster Department in the Ministry of Food, Agriculture, and Livestock, and requires the ministry to include provisions for funding the grant scheme in its budget requests.

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