On March 1, at a meeting of the government of the Tver region, chaired by Governor Igor Ruden, issues of developing a support system for farms and rural cooperation in the Upper Volga region were discussed. In particular, it was about changing the conditions for granting grants to Agrostartup, the press service of the government of the Tver region reports.
Igor Rudenya emphasized that support for farms and consumer cooperatives is an opportunity not only to promote Tver products on the Russian market, but to expand production and minimize the costs of agricultural workers.
It was decided that from 2022, grants under the Agrostartup program will be available not only for dairy and beef cattle breeding farms, but also for entrepreneurs in vegetable and potato growing.
Grants are provided in the amount of up to 6 million rubles. In total, about 27,4 million rubles will be distributed this year. Funds can be used for the purchase, repair, construction of production and storage facilities necessary for the processing and storage of products, as well as for the purchase of land, agricultural machinery and animals.
Grant recipients can be peasant and farm enterprises (PFHs), individual entrepreneurs who are heads of KFHs, as well as individuals, provided that the farm is registered within 30 days after receiving support.
Also at the meeting, the issue of providing state support to agricultural consumer cooperatives for reimbursement of part of the costs of collecting, processing, storing and selling fruits and vegetables, potatoes and milk was considered. This year, 10,7 million rubles will be allocated to support consumer cooperatives.
In addition, it was announced about the expansion of grant support for family farms and consumer cooperatives. About 2022 million rubles will be allocated for these purposes in 75,1.