New winners in the tender for the support of small agricultural enterprises

By: STA Date: 2023. 04. 25. 09:00

The Ministry of Agriculture has recently decided on another HUF 8 billion subsidy for small agricultural enterprises. With the current decision, we have already awarded more than HUF 80 billion in support to more than 14,000 small-scale farmers, said Minister of Agriculture István Nagy.

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The head of the ministry emphasized that one of the most successful measures of the Rural Development Program was the call for tenders, which ended last November, aimed at supporting small agricultural enterprises, which are able to develop based on their ambitions and abilities, and which are located in rural areas, and which promote income generation and economic stability. Locally produced crops, products, and goods are becoming more and more important and valuable, it is important to connect producers and customers at the micro level, but for this, producers with the smallest plant size – in most cases not even self-sufficient – need help. Within the framework of the call, primary producers and businesses with small-scale plants could submit a grant application for a lump-sum, flat-rate subsidy of HUF 15,000 for 5 years, the minister reminded.

Nearly 20,000 grant applications were submitted within the framework of the grant scheme

Of this, as a result of the supporter decisions made so far, more than 13 thousand producers have received support in the amount of more than HUF 73 billion, and the amount of support already paid is HUF 48.78 billion. In recent days, a positive supporter decision was made in the case of another 1,263 applications, which means the awarding of HUF 7.6 billion in support to the affected farmers.

A.M