A financial contribution made by the state or a public body to help agricultural industries keep the price of certain foods low.
his support collapsed after he cut food subsidies
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He opposed the incoming government's introduction of food subsidies to curb inflation.
The hidden agenda of the committee is to reduce this food subsidy to 0.2 per cent.
Many food subsidies there, in particular for animal fats, were abolished.
The allocation for the food subsidy shows hardly any increase.
Friday's announcements attempt to minimize the food subsidy burden on the budget.
A total of 78 per cent of respondents were in favour of state-backed food subsidies to reduce the cost of basic food items.
The country's food subsidy of 1 per cent of GDP is not high by international standards.
To ensure low food prices in urban areas, developing country governments have been obliged to spend beyond their means on direct consumer food subsidies.
Even more wealthy Brazilians supported a campaign to end hunger by providing a basic food subsidy to all poor people.
Only in Germany were respondents against food subsidies, albeit by a slim majority.