Launch of 4th Rural Development Grant Scheme "Support for investment in agriculture"
EU AID PROGRAMME for the Turkish Cypriot community
Launch of 4th Rural Development Grant Scheme "Support for investment in agriculture"
Nicosia, 8 November 2018
The European Commission has launched a EUR 5 million call for proposals to support agricultural investments in the Turkish Cypriot community.
The EU financed Grant Scheme aims to increase the competitiveness of the rural economy in the Turkish Cypriot community by improving crop and animal production, whilst promoting the sustainable use of natural resources. It will target farmers, irrigation unions and agricultural cooperatives.
Selected projects will be supported with EU grants from a minimum amount of EUR 35,000 to maximum amounts of EUR 110,000 for individual farmers and EUR 150,000 for irrigation unions and cooperatives.
The Guidelines for Applicants and application package are available at the following link, under the reference 161357:
The deadline for submission of proposals is 24 December 2018, 12:00 (Brussels time).
Information sessions on the guidelines and the application process as well as farm advisory service consultation meetings on Concept Note preparation will be organised, respectively, during November and December 2018.
More information on the upcoming sessions will be available on www.abbilgi.eu, www.facebook.com/ABBilgi, http://www.tcceugrantsupport.eu/en/ and http://tcc-farm-advisory.eu/.
This initiative is funded by the EU under the Aid Programme for the Turkish Cypriot community and implemented by the European Commission.
For more information on the "Support for investment in agriculture” Grant Scheme, please contact: [email protected].
