Iceland
Data and Analysis
Attaché Report (GAIN)
Iceland: Government Provides Support to Farmers to Combat Coronavirus and Increase Competitiveness
In March 2021, Iceland’s Minister of Fisheries and Agriculture announced his intention to allocate ISK 970 million ($7.5 million) in financial support for Icelandic sheep and cattle farmers.
In December 2020, the Government of Iceland presented its first comprehensive Food Policy.
Scrapie (a fatal, degenerative disease affecting the central nervous system of sheep and goats) was confirmed in a sheep on the Stóru-Akrar farm (home to 800 sheep) in Skagafjörður, Iceland.