In addition to the administration of payments, afeimats are co-responsible at the local level with the Food Contract Corporation for the formation of state grain reserves and may sometimes exert informal pressure on producers to deliver in excess of stated obligatory targets. Initially, SBCs were established in seven “macroregions”, and then in 2011 they were reorganised, with some of them split into two or three. Currently, 16 SBCs operate in each region. The principal mandate of SBCs is to stimulate local development through investments in various social and economic projects. Since their creation, many SBCs have engaged in investment projects related to agriculture and agro-food processing. In 2011, SBCs were made responsible for the management of the local food stabilisation funds created to constrain food prices on local markets.