Paying Agency for Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development published a tender for the implementation of the intervention 73.12. Support for small farmers.
The survival and development of small farms is based on the need to restructure production by increasing added value. This type of intervention supports small, potentially viable and market-oriented farms in line with market demands. This will help farms in a commercially viable transition to market-oriented production, which is a prerequisite for achieving competitiveness in the agricultural sector.
Subject of the Contest
Granting of support under the Rules on the implementation of interventions to support investments in primary agricultural production and processing of agricultural products referred to in the Strategic Plan of the Common Agricultural Policy of the Republic of Croatia 2023 20-2027 (NN No 132/2023; 7/2024 and 18/2024).
Eligible beneficiaries
Natural and legal persons (except cooperatives)
- entered in the Register of farmers for at least one year;
- an economic farm size of between EUR 3,000 SO and EUR 10,000 SO if they invest in the fruit processing or production sector, including olives and vines, as well as in the processing or production of vegetables, including potatoes and mushrooms, and flowers;
- an economic farm size of between EUR 3,000 SO and EUR 15,000 SO in the case of investments in other processing or production sectors;
- have settled their financial obligations to the state budget and have not been blocked for a total of more than 30 days in the past 6 months, of which no more than 15 days in continuity.
Amount of public support per project
- Minimum aid amount: 5,000 EUR
- Maximum aid amount: €30,000
- Aid intensity: up to 85 % the value of the total eligible costs;
Eligible costs
- construction/reconstruction and/or equipping (including on-farm external and internal infrastructure) of animal buildings, greenhouses, greenhouses;
- the construction/reconstruction and/or equipping (including on-farm external and internal infrastructure) of facilities for the storage and cooling of products from own agricultural production;
- the construction and/or equipping of on-farm irrigation systems;
- the construction/reconstruction and/or equipping of agricultural processing facilities referred to in Annex I to the EU Treaty;
- the purchase of equipment for the harvesting, sorting and packaging of own agricultural products;
- the purchase of agricultural machinery (including machinery and equipment for precision farming) and commercial vehicles for own agricultural production (including the viticulture sector);
- the restructuring of existing and/or the erection of new perennial plantings, excluding the restructuring of existing vineyards for the production of grapes for wine;
- climate change adaptation and mitigation systems;
- purchase of land and facilities for the realization of the project, up to 10% the value of the total eligible costs of the project (excluding overheads);
- Intangible costs: the purchase or development of computer programs, the purchase of patent and licence rights, copyrights, trademarks and other intangible investments related to tangible investment.
Deadline for submission of applications
From 01/07/2024 from 12:00 to 31/07/2024 until 12:00.
More information is available here.
