Agrostartup grant for small agricultural producers in the Krasnoyarsk Territory increased to 8 million rubles

Selection under the program is planned for April. For this, 67.5 million rubles are provided in the federal and regional budgets.

Farmers and individual entrepreneurs who registered a farm in the year of participation in the selection or are just planning to do so can participate in the competition. They must invest at least 10% of their own money in the project. To spend the grant - within one and a half years.

“In the context of rising prices, the decision of the Government of RUSSIA to increase the size of the grant for small agricultural producers is timely. Those who wish to engage in dairy and MEAT animal husbandry, and these are priority areas for the development of the agro-industrial complex, can receive up to 7 million rubles. Up to 5 million rubles are provided for other agricultural areas. Another million to seven and five million support is given to farmers who are shareholders of agricultural cooperatives. The grant will help start a business, create new jobs in rural areas, increase the production of high-quality food,” Leonid Shorokhov, Deputy Chairman of the Government of the Territory - Minister of Agriculture and Trade.

The grant can be used to buy equipment, machinery and special vehicles, farm animals and poultry, fish seed, land plots from agricultural land, as well as develop project documentation, build, repair or reconstruct premises for the production, storage and processing of agricultural products.

Leonid Shorokhov noted that the number of those wishing to run a farm is increasing every year. Starting from this year, an additional direction has been operating in the region for the development of small agricultural production - the grant "Our Farmer". Support under the program is up to 8 million rubles. Until February 28, specialists from the regional Ministry of Agriculture accepted documents for the competition. The winners will be announced in April. 100 million rubles were allocated for grants.