MBPHR opens application period for the socio-economic integration programme of small farms

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development, since tomorrow, opens the period for application to “Program for the Economic Integration of Small Farms in Community”. Through this program MBPHR aims to improve the socioeconomic conditions of farmers in rural areas, job creation, and income growth by integrating small farmers into the agricultural sector.

Ministry investments through the Programme amount to 3m euros, and through this funding will support the fruit processing sector, the meat processing sector, eggs, milk, honey production, production, processing and collecting of forest products, as well as processing farm products at home.

The beneficiaries of this programme may all be farmers in line with the Agriculture and Rural Development Law that meets the criteria for this programme.

The deadline for application for this programme begins on 18 September and ends on October 18, 2019.

During the application period, farmers and agribusinesss for all information on application procedures can be informed on the ministry's website in detail www.mbzhr-x.netas well as the website of the Agriculture Development Agency www.ageb-x.net.