Investments in pomiculture

 Investments in fruit growing farms can be performed through the following non-reimbursable financing instruments: 

Investment type Financing instrument Project submission deadline
Develop fruit growing farms NRDP – sM 4.1.a Investments in fruit growing farms

03.05.2017 – 31.07.2017
Processing / selling the yield NRDP – sM 4.2.a Support for investments in processing/marketing of fruit-growing products

10.07.2017 – 31.10.2017

New session: TBD
NRDP – State aid scheme: “Regional development stimulation through investments for processing and marketing of fruit products to obtain non-agricultural products” 16.08.2016 – 30.12.2016

New session: TBD

 

⇒ In the following section we present information for each type of above mentioned investment which can help you in drafting a project idea.

⇒ For detailed information regarding: eligibility of your project idea, calendar of the calls, preparing the financing application, project management and more other opportunities please contact us or send the contact form.

 

Develop fruit growing farms

 

Financing instrument: NRDP – sM 4.1.a Investments in fruit growing farms

 Who can apply:

  • Farmers;
  • Agriculture research and development institutes;
  • Cooperatives in the pomiculture field;
  • Groups of producers from pomiculture field.

Project value:

  • Up to 1.050.000 euro; non reimbursable financing reaching up to maximum 90% of the project eligible budget.

Eligible activities / expenditures:

  • Investments in modernization of fruit-growing farms, including in the setting-up and reconversion of fruit plantations (costs for clearance and planting materials, support systems, soil preparation, planting works, protection systems against hail and rain, irrigation equipment);
  • Setting-up and modernization of fruit nurseries for production of propagating material and fruit planting material, including costs for deed-lings, support systems, soil preparation, planting works, protection systems against hail and rain, strawberries greenhouses;
  • Filling the empty spaces with seedlings in plantations of trees and shrubs (replanting);
  • Setting-up and/or modernization of access roads on farm, including utilities and connections;
  • Purchase, including by leasing, of new machines/machinery and equipment, compact frigorific transportation vehicles, for marketing of products within short chains;
  • Construction, endowment, modernization of selling spaces and other marketing activities (organizing a farm shop, food caravans that will sell exclusively own agricultural products) only as a secondary component of the project;
  • Creating a website for promoting and selling own products, labeling – creating the concept/brand);
  • Investment in production and use of energy from renewable sources with the exception of biomass (solar, wind, produced by heating pumps, geothermal) only as a secondary component of the investment project, the obtained energy being exclusively dedicated to farm own needs;
  • Investments in production of electric and/or thermal energy, by usage of biomass (from residue / products from the own agricultural activity) as a secondary component of an investment project, the obtained energy being exclusively dedicated to farm own needs;
  • Fencing the investment area and exploitation roads;
  • Investment for compliance with EU standards;
  • General costs of the project (consulting, design, approvals, etc), up to 5% for investments involving simple purchase and up to 10% for construction-assembly

Eligible species:

  • Fruit trees: Apple tree, Pear tree, Quince tree, Plum tree, Sweet cherry tree, Cherry tree, Apricot tree, Peach tree, Nectarine tree, Walnut tree, Almond tree, Nut tree, Chestnut tree;
  • Shrubs: Black currant, Red currant, White currant, Gooseberry, Garden raspberry, Crop blueberry, Garden blackberry, Blackberry with or without thorns, Brier, Black elderberry, Rose for petals, Lonicera caerulea, Corn, Sea buckthorn, Black field ash (aronia).
  • Strawberry

 

Processing / selling the yield 

 

Financing instrument: 1st possibility – NRDP – sM 4.2.a Support for investments in processing / marketing of fruit-growing products

Who can apply:

  • Enterprises (micro, small and medium enterprises under Law no. 346/2004, as well as large companies);
  • Cooperatives and groups of producers;

Project value:

  • Up to 1.500.000 euro – the non-reimbursable financial allocation reaching up to maximum 50% of the eligible project budget.

Eligible activities / expenditures:

  • Setting-up, extension and/or modernization of units which process raw material from the fruit-growing sector, mobile processing units, covered by Annex I of the TFEU, including production of alcoholic beverages;
  • Setting-up, extension and/or modernization of local units for collecting, reception, storage, conditioning, sorting, packing;
  • Purchase, including in leasing, of new machinery, installations, equipment and specialized transportation vehicles for sale of fruits products within short – chains;
  • Purchase of new special transport vehicles in the technological flow: truck tanks, isotherm trucks, trailers and food trailers;
  • Purchase of specialized equipment for: elevate, towed, rolling, handling equipment;
  • Expenses generated by actions of adapting internal quality control and compliance to the new standards imposed by the European legislation for processing and marketing of agri-food products;
  • Expenditure related to marketing of the products obtained: creating an website for promoting and marketing farms own products; labeling (creating the concept); creation of a trademark / brand – for this activity expenditure can reach up to maximum 5% of the eligible value of the project, but not more than 30.000 euro;
  • Investments in renewable energy for farm own use and/or energy efficiency, water saving systems and waste disposal technologies in farm own units;
  • General costs of the project are eligible (consulting, design, approvals, a.s.o), up to 5% for investments involving simple purchase and up to 10% for construction-assembly investments.

 

Financing instrument: 2nd possibility – NRDP – State aid scheme: “Regional development stimulation through investments for processing and marketing of fruit products to obtain non-agricultural products”

Who can apply:

  • Micro enterprises;
  • Small and medium enterprises;
  • Other enterprises;

Project value:

  • Up to maximum 1.500.000 euro; Non-reimbursable funding can reach:
    • 50% for West Region (Timis, Arad, Caras-Severin, Hunedoara) and Ilfov county;
    • 30% for Bucharest;
    • 50% for other regions (all other counties);

Eligible activities / expenditures:

1. Manufacture of other food products: CANE Class 108 (Classification of Activities from National Economy):

  • Manufacture of cocoa, chocolate and sugar confectionery (eg. Manufacture of chocolate and chocolate confectionery, of sugar confectionery: caramels, nougats, fondant, white chocolate, preserving in sugar of fruit, nuts, fruit peels and other parts of plants) – CANE 1082;

2. Manufacture of beverages: CANE Class 110 (Classification of Activities from National Economy):

  • Distilling, rectifying and blending of spirits (eg: whiskey, cognac, gin) – CANE 1101;

3. Manufacture of basic chemicals, fertilizers and nitrogen compounds, plastics and synthetic rubber in primary forms – CANE Class 201 (Classification of Activities from National Economy):

4.Manufacture of other organic basic chemicals – CANE 2014:

  • fermentation of sugarcane, corn or similar to produce alcohol and esters;  Manufacture of ethyl alcohol will be made exclusively through fruit fermentation, according to the pomiculture subprogram.