Ministry of Agriculture

From Could 31 to June 28 purposes for grants and concessional loans are accepted beneath the Agricultural and Rural Improvement of Lithuania 2023-2027. the strategic plan (SP) intervention measure “Settlement of Younger Farmers”. Nearly 45.3 million euros are allotted for the tasks submitted throughout this name for purposes. EUR assist funds. Of those, 25,934,441 euros had been allotted for grants, and 19,337,149 euros for preferential loans.

The instrument is without doubt one of the hottest

Help for younger farmers to arrange has been widespread all through the monetary intervals. In response to the info of the Nationwide Paying Company, about 2,700 younger farmers have settled utilizing the Lithuanian Rural Improvement Program 2014-2020 (KPP 2014-2020) measure “Help for Younger Farmers to Settle”. They had been paid about 98 million. euros.

“In 2021 my husband Tad and I made a decision to start out a 1 ha actinidia plantation, however this requires a substantial funding, as a result of it’s not sufficient to buy seedlings and plant them within the chosen space. Actinidia is a woody climbing plant and requires 3 meter excessive sturdy steel helps to develop it. A plant watering system can also be required. Since actinidia isn’t proof against spring frosts, a frost safety – fog system can also be wanted. So, in the identical yr, I submitted an software for assist beneath the RDP 2014-2020. the exercise space “Help for the institution of younger farmers” of the measure “Economic system and enterprise improvement”. I used to be allotted 40 thousand. EUR assist, for which I bought actinidia seedlings, in addition to watering and frost safety programs”, Indrė Subatė, a farmer within the Kaunas district, shared her expertise.

“The measure for younger farmers could be very widespread even on this monetary interval. in 2023 1045 grant purposes and 124 delicate mortgage purposes had been obtained beneath the SP intervention measure “Settling Younger Farmers”. The actions chosen by younger farmers are very various, as a result of the present time, when plenty of adjustments are taking place round us, encourages curiosity in improvements, non-traditional merchandise, cultures and actions”, mentioned the chief specialist of the Enterprise Help Division of the Division of European Union Affairs and Help Coverage of the Ministry of Agriculture (MAA) Dalia Rutkauskaitė.

Higher alternatives

The chief specialist of the Ministry of Agriculture notes that, in contrast to the earlier interval, the SP intervention measure is extra favorable to younger farmers – they’ve been given the chance to make use of a preferential mortgage, which was not obtainable earlier than, and the quantity of the grant has been elevated. “Now the most important grant is 60 thousand. euros. 80 % the complete quantity of assist is paid to the farmer after the choice to grant assist is made, the remaining is paid the next yr after the implementation of the marketing strategy. The beneficiary undertakes to attain that the financial measurement of his holding can be 12 thousand after the completion of the challenge. D. Rutkauskaitė reviewed as one of many circumstances for offering assist. – The utmost mortgage quantity per borrower is 100 thousand. euros. The overall quantity of the grant and preferential mortgage can not exceed 100 thousand. euros. The longest mortgage interval is 5 years from the signing of the mortgage settlement with the monetary middleman.”

In contrast to the earlier interval, when a younger farmer couldn’t declare crops for direct funds earlier than submitting an software for assist, now they will submit purposes for a grant after declaring crops.

This intervention helps:

• major manufacturing of agricultural merchandise (besides actions geared toward acquiring or promoting furs);

• processing of agricultural merchandise produced and/or grown on the agricultural holding, together with major processing (excluding actions geared toward acquiring or promoting furs).

“All the prices supplied for within the challenge might be coated by the assist funds 100%”, emphasised D. Rutkauskaitė, specialist of the Ministry of Schooling and Tradition.

Attainable candidates

Help beneath the SP intervention measure “Settlement of Younger Farmers” is supplied to each pure and authorized individuals who meet the necessities of a younger farmer through the software interval. Pure particular person – no older than 40 years. The founders and members of the administration physique of the authorized entity should not be older than 40 years. The only administration physique should have the competence of a authorized entity, proving readiness for farming, in addition to a minimum of 50 %. members of the collegial administration physique and a minimum of 50 %. contributors of a authorized entity (shareholders, shareholders, and so on.).

Purposes might be submitted by filling out the ŽŪMIS digital type. On this means, they are often supplied as much as 24 hours on the final day.

for No. 2024/15

From Could 2 began declaration of agricultural land and different areas. Though it’ll final till June 21, and late functions will likely be accepted till July 1, farmers are urged to not delay one of the crucial vital processes in agriculture till the final days, as there are improvements in crop declaration. Data supplied in varied methods helps to know them.

What’s altering?

That is already the second yr of the Lithuanian agricultural and rural growth 2023-2027. the yr of implementation of the strategic plan. This yr, with a purpose to extra clearly state the necessities for candidates making use of to obtain direct funds, the principles for the administration and management of the applying for assist for agricultural land and different areas and cattle and direct funds have been modified. They innovate.

You will need to know that the permissible restrict utilized to an energetic farmer is being modified, in accordance with which enterprise entities that obtained not more than EUR 2,000 for the earlier yr (had been

5,000 EUR) of direct funds, are mechanically thought-about energetic farmers, that’s, with out assessing their compliance with the factors of an “energetic farmer”.

One other factor to know is that the final necessities for mowing to obtain direct funds are being revised. When the necessities of ecological techniques or rural growth intervention measures don’t specify in any other case, farmers should clear meadows and pastures, herbaceous plant areas not less than as soon as earlier than September 1 of the present yr. tidy up, that’s, take the reduce grass out of the sector or compress it, or put the hay into cones, or chop the grass and unfold it evenly, or depart it mendacity in place. Those that have greater than 0.3 of the contractual livestock meadows don’t want further haying.

The Effectivity and Effectiveness Methodology is being modified, which stipulates that the applicant should take part in not less than one (final yr there have been two) manufacturing actions and not less than one non-production exercise. There are additionally instances the place a further quantity of not less than 1 % has been allotted. the realm of ​​declared arable land shouldn’t be required for non-productive actions.

Within the actions of the advanced ecological system “Plant rotation”, “Catch crops”, “Use of licensed seeds”, “Non-arable sustainable farming applied sciences” it’s established that in instances the place an space of ​​greater than 300 ha is asserted beneath every of those actions, for an space of ​​as much as 300 ha is allotted 100%. 85% of ecological system funds are allotted for the realm exceeding 300 ha. these advantages.

Within the exercise “Plant change” of the advanced ecological system “Actions in arable land”, it’s stipulated that the identical areas are usually not required to be declared throughout the dedication interval, however the complete space in accordance with this exercise have to be maintained. From 2025 those that have assumed obligations should allocate not more than 50% to the principle member of the plant alternate. of the realm declared beneath this exercise. The listing of vegetation that may be grown in a single place for not than 4 years has additionally been expanded. When the realm declared beneath this exercise is elevated by greater than 10% within the first yr. or greater than 1 ha, new obligations have to be assumed for a interval of 4 years for the whole space declared beneath this exercise.

Ecological techniques had been supplemented this yr with a brand new ecological system “Changing arable land with meadows, their upkeep and upkeep”, the quantities of funds for ecological techniques had been revised, and the necessities for acquiring assist had been up to date.

Stay meets in districts

You will need to word that in 2023 had been the primary within the Lithuanian agricultural and rural growth 2023-2027 interval. the yr of implementation of the strategic plan. Each farmers and establishments confronted an enormous circulate of data, needed to familiarize themselves with new measures (ecological techniques helpful to the local weather, surroundings and animal welfare, which changed the greening fee of the earlier monetary interval), in addition to adapt to new necessities (necessary situations for these searching for assist – Good agricultural and environmental situations – GAAB, administration necessities).

This yr, this course of is easier. That is acknowledged by agricultural organizations and farmers after they meet with representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture in municipalities concerning crop declaration points. 18 conferences have already taken place.

It’s crucial to notice that the ŽŪM workforce, along with the Agricultural Knowledge Middle of the State Enterprise (ŽŪDC) and the Nationwide Fee Company beneath the Ministry of Agriculture (NMA) maintain and take part in conferences with district farmers in accordance with their expressed wants and advise not solely on crop declaration points, but in addition on all different points related to farmers.

Consults remotely, informs

Nonetheless, the candidates nonetheless have questions concerning the implementation of GAAB necessities, the right drawing of panorama components, and the necessities of particular person ecological techniques.

Numerous vital details about them and direct funds and assist beneath different applications associated to land and livestock may be discovered within the particular e-newsletter revealed by the NMA.

We additionally remind you that each Thursday from 8 a.m. distant consultations are held, through which farmers are consulted by ŽŪM, NMA, VĮ ŽŪDC specialists on the problems of excellent agricultural and environmental situations, agricultural exercise administration necessities, direct fee guidelines. These consultations will proceed till June 27.

Those that have questions associated to the declaration of crops also can ship them by e-mail. by put up tiesiogines@zum.lt.

All modifications may be discovered on the web site of the Ministry of Agriculture, within the part “Direct assist“.

Farmers can discover concentrated data in a particular publication: right here

It’s doable to connect with distant consultations right here.