The competitive selection of projects for the grants to support beginner farmers has been summed up
The Ministry of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan announces the summing up of the competition for the grants to support beginning farmers. The total amount of grants amounted to 250 million rubles.
63 of the 136 peasant farms that were announced for the competition became grant holders within the limit of allocated funds in accordance with paragraph 3.12 of the Procedure, when additional funds are allocated to support beginning farmers in 2020. Another 45 peasant farms will receive a grant without an additional competition.
The full list of winners can be found on the official website of the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Tatarstan at the link.
Mostly grantees will implement livestock projects for: dairy farms, cattle fattening, poultry farming, horse breeding, sheep breeding, fish farming as well as projects for growing fruit and vegetable crops.
Grants are allocated to support novice farmers free of charge on the basis of co-financing of targeted expenditures in accordance with a feasibility study. The size of the grants is determined by the tender committee taking into account own funds of the peasant farm and its expenditure plan.
“In recent years, due to the automation of agricultural production and the replacement of heavy manual labor by machinery, the number of employed rural people in the agro-industrial complex has been steadily declining. Accordingly, there is a problem of their employment and ensuring profitability. The support program for beginner farmers is aimed at improving the living standards of rural residents, providing employment to the rural population, increasing the business activity of young people in rural areas, and maintaining a rural way of life. These people want to devote themselves completely to the rural lifestyle in the future, we wish them successful joint work in the implementation of the selected projects, ”said Rishat Khabipov, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The Ministry will provide control over the targeted spending of funds by novice farmers.