This program is designed specifically for businesses like yours in the organic agriculture sector. It offers strategic assistance to help you grow and become more competitive. By applying, you can access funding for specialized equipment, market competitiveness, land conversion, and strategic initiatives.

Why Apply?

• Increase Profitability: Capture a larger share of the certified organic market.
• Improve Efficiency: Purchase specialized equipment for pest management and soil fertility.
• Mitigate Risks: Support for converting conventional farmland to certified organic farmland.
• Strategic Growth: Develop and coordinate projects to increase the sector’s capacity.

What’s in it for You?

• Flexible Financing: Tailored to meet your specific needs, whether it's for new technology, facility modifications, or market development.
• Government-Backed Support: Benefit from a program designed to strengthen your business’s competitiveness and resilience.
• Easy Qualification: If you have or are pursuing organic certification, you are likely eligible.

Applying for this program can provide the financial support and resources you need to enhance your business operations and achieve long-term success.

Type of Financing: Grant

Eligible Expenses:

• Technology to meet certified organic market requirements.
• Modification of facilities to meet certified organic requirements.
• Development of new organic products or markets.
• Purchase of specialized equipment such as portable grain cleaners, flame weeders, and pasture renovators.
• Land conversion to certified organic farmland.
• Strategic initiatives to increase the organic sector’s capacity, including consulting fees, salaries, and market development activities.

Ineligible Expenses:

• General operational costs not directly related to organic certification or strategic initiatives.
• Non-organic related activities or equipment.
• Administrative and overhead costs exceeding 10% of eligible costs.

Fees:

• No application fees.
• No repayment terms or interest rates, as this is a grant.

This program offers your business a chance to grow and become more competitive in the organic market. You can receive financial support to help with various needs.

Here’s what you can get:

1. Increasing Market Competitiveness Sub-Program: This helps you capture a larger share of the organic market. You can use the funds for technology upgrades, facility modifications, and developing new organic products.

2. Specialized Equipment Sub-Program: This supports the purchase of specialized equipment to improve efficiency and competitiveness. Eligible items include grain cleaners, weeders, seeders, and other equipment that enhances organic farming practices.

3. Certified Land Conversion Sub-Program: This assists with converting conventional farmland to certified organic farmland, covering the costs associated with the first year of full organic conversion.

4. Implementation of Strategic Initiatives Sub-Program: This supports activities that enhance the strategic capacity of the organic sector. Funds can be used for market development, consulting fees, salaries, and administrative costs.

Why this matters to you:

• Boost profitability: By capturing a larger market share and improving efficiency, your business can increase its profits.
• Access to specialized equipment: Get the tools you need to enhance your organic farming practices.
• Support for land conversion: Reduce the risks and costs associated with converting to organic farming.
• Strategic growth: Develop and coordinate projects that address sector challenges and seize new opportunities.

This program is a valuable opportunity to strengthen your business and stay competitive in the growing organic market.