Within the scope of supporting rural development investments, the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry will provide grant support of 2022 million 2023 thousand 1 liras to 241 thousand 12 projects with a total amount of 676 billion 577 million liras in the 122-308 application period.
Rural Development Investments Support Program has been carried out continuously since 2006 by the General Directorate of Agricultural Reform (TRGM) Rural Development Department.
Within the scope of the program, 50 percent grant support is given to investors in line with "supporting rural economic infrastructure investments".
With the program, it is aimed to increase the income level in rural areas, to support small-scale family businesses in order to ensure the integration of agricultural production and agriculture-based industry, to develop agricultural marketing infrastructure, and to strengthen food reliability, taking into account the protection of natural resources and the environment.
In addition, it is aimed to support investments with new technology in order to create alternative income sources in rural areas, strengthen rural economic infrastructure, expand the use of new technologies developed for agricultural activities by producers, increase the effectiveness of rural development activities, and contribute to the creation of local development capacity in rural society.
Applications for the aforementioned supports for the period 2022-2023 started on December 81, 9 in 2022 provinces and ended on January 20, 2023. Application evaluations were made by considering the provinces declared as disaster areas due to the Kahramanmaraş-centered earthquakes that occurred on 6 February. While applications were evaluated in 70 provinces, the deadline was postponed to 11 May in 8 provinces. Admissions were made by the commission established under the TRGM, taking into account the score rankings of the applications in 70 provinces within the budget possibilities.
As a result of the evaluation, 70 thousand 49 of 913 thousand 12 applications in 676 provinces were accepted. The remaining investment applications were determined as reserves.
The amount of 12 thousand 676 projects accepted has reached 1 billion 241 million liras. Grant support to these projects was calculated as 577 million 122 thousand 308 liras.
THE MOST BENEFICIAL INVESTORS FROM RURAL SUPPORT IS IN TRABZON
Among the most supported construction equipment in the projects presented, agricultural trailers, row seed drills, motor hoeing machines, rotary tillers, forage mixing and distribution machines and mowers came to the fore.
The most supported project subjects were stable agricultural investments in barns and barns, investments in beekeeping activities, smart agricultural practices, processing, packaging and storage of plant and animal products, and renewable energy facilities.
According to the number of investors, the province that benefited the most from the program was Trabzon with 527 investors, followed by Muğla with 406 investors, Siirt with 391 investors, Mersin with 378 investors and Ordu with 370 investors.
The provinces that benefited the most from the program according to the amount of support were Konya with 20 million 115 thousand 105 liras, Ankara with 16 million 233 thousand 761 liras, Kırşehir with 14 million 891 thousand 085 liras, İzmir with 14 million 588 thousand 812 liras and Ordu with 13 million 8 thousand 440 liras. .