The programme dates back to the 1990s and is one of the few types of direct support that has been in place since the early period of independence. The programme covers a wide range of crops, including cereals and pulses, soybeans, sunflower, other oilseeds, potatoes, perennial grasses, annual grasses, sugar beet, cotton, fruits and grapes. Costs of producing or purchasing seeds 40% of costs are compensated per tonne of seeds, provided based on the rates set per tonne.