In Tatarstan, the names of 64 "Agrostartupers" have been announced, which will soon launch their business projects in the countryside
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan announces the summing up of the competition of projects of peasant farms for the provision of grants by the departmental program "Creation and development of peasant farms” in the Republic of Tatarstan for 2019-2024 ". The total amount of grants is more than 159 million rubles.
64 of 300 farmers became grant holders in amount of 1.6 to 6 million rubles.
The grantees will mainly implement livestock breeding projects in meat and dairy cattle breeding, horse breeding, sheep breeding, poultry farming, beekeeping, mushroom cultivation and commercial fish production, as well as fruit and berry crops, grain, leguminous and fodder crops.
“In recent years, due to the automation of agricultural production and the replacement of heavy manual labor with machinery, the number of employed rural people directly in the organizations of the agro-industrial complex has been steadily declining. Accordingly, there is a problem of their employment and ensuring profitability, the solution of which is aimed at a whole complex of interrelated measures. The program for supporting novice farmers is implemented within the framework of the National Project “Development of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises” and is aimed at improving the living standards of rural residents, ensuring self-employment of the rural population , ”the Deputy Minister of Agriculture and food of RT Rishat Khabipov said.
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan provides control over the targeted spending of funds by farmers and reminds that the grants are refundable if facts of the use of the grant for improper purposes and (or) the provision of false information and documents for their receipt are revealed.