Rural Development Programme grants: How farmers can benefit

The current schemes are:

• Countryside Productivity Scheme
• Growth Programme
• Catchment Sensitive Farming
• Countryside Stewardship
• LEADER

Farm Productivity

This grant scheme is targeted towards livestock, dairy, arable and horticultural businesses seeking to invest in projects that will improve their productivity.

This grant can fund up to 40% of a project, with the minimum application set at £35,000. This threshold requires projects to have a total cost in excess of £87,500.

Click here for more information

Forestry Productivity

This grants scheme is designed for private forest holders managing at least 10ha of forest and forestry contractor businesses.

This grant can fund up to 40% of a project, with the minimum application set at £35,000. This threshold requires projects to have a total cost inexcess of £87,500.

Click here for more information

Water Resource Management

This grant scheme is targeted towards arable and horticulture business seeking to improve farm productivity by securing water supplier and using it for irrigation.

This grant can fund up to 40% of a project, with a minimum claim request of £35,000. This threshold requires projects to have a total cost in excess of £87,500.

Click here for more information

Adding value to Agri-Food

This grant scheme is designed fro processors of primary agricultural and horticultural products, including food and drink businesses in rural and urban areas.

The grant can fund up to 40% of a project, with a minimum claim of £35,000. This threshold requires projects to have a total cost in excess of £87,500.

Click here for more information

Rural Tourism Infrastructure

This grant scheme is designed to assist in the cost of capital expenditure on tourism infrastructure.

This grant can fund up to 40% of a commercial project and 100% of a non-commercial project.

The minimum threshold requires projects to have a total cost in excess of £87,500.

Click here for more information

Business Development

This grant scheme is targeted towards farmers looking to diversify into non-agricultural activity and small rural businesses.

The grant can fund up to 40% of a project that enables a rural business to grow and create more jobs.

The normal minimum claim is £35,000. In order to meet this threshold, projects must have a total cost in excess of £87,500.

Click here for more information

Food Processing

This grant scheme is designed for food and drink businesses that process agricultural and horticultural products.

Farmers looking to diversify can also apply. The grant can fund up to 40% of a project that enables a business to grow and create more jobs.

The normal minimum claim is £35,000. In order to meet this threshold, projects must have a total cost in excess of £87,500.

Click here for more information