Fifteen contests have been announced. the Rural Development Programme total values $1.3 billion, insured for investments in sectors of strategic importance for Croatian agriculture, offering a wide range of investment opportunities, inter alia, for the particularly sensitive livestock sector.
In this way, funds are provided for:
- pig fattening – $200 million
- construction/reconstruction and equipping of slaughterhouse animal establishments in the dairy cattle sector – 150 million
- Livestock sector – 67 million for the disposal, handling and use of livestock manure
- Strategically significant investments in storage capacities for cereals and oilseeds: $250 million
- investments in basic public irrigation infrastructure – 150 million
- Seed and nursery production – $70 million
- investments in the deployment of renewable energy sources (from the European Union Recovery Instrument (EURI)) – 141 million
These tenders are particularly important in the light of market disturbances caused by rising prices of agricultural inputs, the war in Ukraine and sanctions on Russia, which can further strengthen Croatia's food security.
For farmers in the earthquake-stricken area Three fast-track competitions were created Action 5, the last tender is still ongoing and is worth $100 million. In addition, a contest worthy of $20 million restoring agricultural potential damaged by natural and natural disasters other than earthquakes. These tenders are open with the aim of ensuring the continuation and sustainability of agricultural production in the area.
In addition, in order to increase efficiency in pre-industrial wood processing, a tender worthy of $147 million, to support local action groups, three tenders with a total value of more than 23 million, as well as the Contest worth 3 million This will support farmers to participate in quality schemes. A tender was also opened for the Measure relating to the conservation, sustainable use and development of genetic resources in agriculture in order to conserve genetic resources and preserve traditional plant and animal species at risk of extinction, for which funds were provided in the amount of $10 million.
There is also an overview of all tenders.
