Funds for agriculture and non – agricultural activities – starting with July 2015

June 19, 2015

Starting with 1st of July 2015, the Funding Agency for Rural Investments (AFIR) will launch four financing lines which are very interesting for the private sector:

  • Submeasure 4.1.a Support for investments in fruit-growing holdings

Type of investments to be financed: modernization of fruit-growing farms, reconversion of fruit plantations, modernization of fruit nurseries, storage systems, conditioning and packaging and on-farm processing units, including mobile processing units, etc.
Grant awarded: up to 1.050.000 euro.
Financing rate:
up to 90% of eligible expenses.

  • Submeasure 4.2 Support for investments in processing/ marketing and/ or development of agricultural products

Type of investments to be financed: Setting-up, extension and/ or modernization and endowment of processing units, including investments in products’ marketing (e.g. labelling, packaging); Setting-up, extension and/ or modernization of local networks of collection, reception, storage, conditioning, selection and packaging capacity; Improvement of internal quality control and compliance with the new standards imposed by the European legislation, etc.
Grant awarded: up to 2.500.000 euro.
Financing rate:
up to 50% of eligible expenses.

  • Submeasure 4.2.a Support for investments in processing/marketing of products in the fruit-growing sector

Type of investments to be financed: Setting-up, extension and/ or modernization of processing units for the raw material from the fruit-growing sector, mobile processing units / local networks for collection, reception, storage, conditioning, selection and packaging; Purchasing of new machinery, installations, equipment and specialized transportation for the collection of raw material/ for the sale of fruit products within short-chains/ in the process flow: tanks, isotherm, camper and food caravans;
Grant awarded: up to 1.500.000 euro.
Financing rate:
up to 50% of eligible expenses.

  • Submeasure 6.4 Support for investments in creation and development of non-agricultural activities

Type of investments to be financed: manufacturing, craft activities, various services, agro tourism, recreational activities, fuel production from biomass (ex: manufacturing of pellets and briquettes).
Grant awarded: up to 200.000 euro.
Financing rate:
up to 90% of eligible expenses.

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