Serbian farmers now have a new opportunity – another IPARD public call has been announced. The competition will be open for one month, and is intended for investment in physical assets and the purchase of machines and mechanization (except for tractors). Potential beneficiaries can receive between twenty thousand and one million euros.
Therefore, it is the third public call for incentives for investments in physical assets of agricultural households for the procurement of new equipment, machines and mechanization within the IPARD III program. The call was opened yesterday, December 23, and will last until January 24, 2025.
The subject of this Public Call are investments in physical assets and eligible costs in the purchase of new equipment, machines and mechanization, except for investments in the construction and procurement of new tractors. The dairy, meat, fruit, vegetable, cereal and industrial plant, grapes, eggs and fisheries are included.
The text of the public call, as well as important application forms, can be found at this LINK.
Available funds
The amount of incentives is from 60 percent to 75 percent of acceptable investment costs, depending on whether the applicant is a young farmer, or a producer of certified organic products, whether the farm is located in a mountainous area, or whether the investment is related to waste and wastewater management, as well as production and storage of energy from renewable sources.
Upon one request, regardless of the total value of the investment in question, the beneficiary can be entitled to IPARD incentives in the minimum nominal amount of 20,000 euros and the maximum nominal amount of 1,000,000 euros.
The total funds allocated for this public call amount to almost 1.69 billion dinars.
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Get informed
Find more information about IPARD III on the specialized website of the Ministry of Agriculture – ipard.gov.rs.
You can also find useful information on the website of the Directorate for Agrarian Payments, an agency of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, responsible for implementing the IPARD program. You can also send questions to ipard.info@minpolj.gov.rs or by phone.
Information regarding the announced public call is available through the Information Centre of the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management: 011/260-79-60 or 011/260-79-61, as well as the contact centre of the Directorate for Agrarian Payments: 011/30-20-100 or 011/30-20-101, every working day from 7:30 to 15:30.
Visit the website eumogucnosti.rs, and keep up to date with all current competitions and invitations.
What is IPARD
The new funds come from the IPARD program of the European Union – the Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance to Rural Development. The program has already started, and Serbian farmers have so far had the opportunity to apply for two public calls.
The European Union has supported the Serbian agricultural sector with more than 150 million euros since 2001, and an additional 175 million euros of EU support was provided to farmers and agro-processors through the IPARD II program. The current IPARD III program will bring even more opportunities for Serbian farmers – they will have access to new EU funds in the amount of 288 million euros, which, with the national contribution and own participation, can lead to a total effect of over 550 million euros. The main goals of support within IPARD are increasing the competitiveness of Serbian farmers, preserving the environment and biodiversity, supporting rural businesses and communities, and developing rural infrastructure.
The EU market traditionally represents the most important export destination for Serbian agricultural products, with more than half of agricultural exports directed to the EU.
The export of agricultural products of Serbia to the EU has quadrupled in the last ten years, from 640 million euros in 2009 to 2.4 billion euros in 2022, while last year that figure was more than 2.2 billion. At the same time, Serbian imports of agricultural products from the EU have been constantly growing over the past decade, from 440 million euros in 2009 to over 2.4 billion euros in 2023.
So far, 17 IPARD public calls have been published, and over 1,400 contracts have been signed, with more than 1,200 payments to Serbian farmers and food producers.
