State support for agriculture

In the Republic of Crimea, state support of the agro-industrial complex in 2024 is provided in the following areas:

 

Subsidies are provided for the development of crop production:
  • establishment of perennial plantings, except for nurseries;
  • planting vineyards;
  • energy carriers for the production of protected ground vegetables;
  • production of indoor vegetables produced with the technology of additional lighting;
  • production of potatoes and open ground vegetables (to agricultural producers);
  • production of sold potatoes and open ground vegetables to citizens who run private subsidiary farms and apply the special tax regime of Professional Income Tax;
  • carrying out agro-technological works, increasing the level of environmental safety of agricultural production, as well as improving soil fertility and quality;
  • purchase of elite seeds;
  • for the production and sale of grain crops;
  • development of the essential-oil-bearing industry (reimbursement of expenses for planting and maintenance of perennial essential-oil-bearing plantations);
  • payment of insurance premiums under agricultural insurance contracts in the field of crop production;
  • reimbursement of a part of expenses for control of especially dangerous pests;
  • implementation of hydro-reclamation measures;
  • implementation of crop-engineering measures.

 

Subsidies are provided for the development of livestock breeding:
  • support of pedigree livestock breeding, including: maintenance of pedigree breeding stock of farm animals, purchase of pedigree young stock of farm animals (except for imported stock);
  • development of beef cattle breeding: to support breeding stock of sheep and goats, including gimbers and goats over a year old, except for breeding animals;
  • support of production of wool from fine and half-fine wool breeds of sheep;
  • support of own production of cow and (or) goat milk sold to milk processing enterprises located in the territory of the Republic of Crimea and (or) shipped for own processing;
  • payment of insurance premiums accrued under agricultural insurance contracts in the field of livestock breeding.

 

Support of small forms of economic activity is carried out in the following directions:
  • provision of grants in the form of subsidies for the implementation of a project for establishment and development of a peasant farm and the development of rural cooperation;
  • provision of grants in the form of subsidies for the development of family farms on the basis of peasant farms in the Republic of Crimea;
  • provision of grants in the form of subsidies for the development of material and technical base of agricultural consumer cooperatives of the Republic of Crimea;
  • subsidies to agricultural consumer cooperatives for reimbursement of a portion of costs.

 

Other directions:
  • compensation of direct costs incurred for construction and (or) upgrade of agro-industrial complex (AIC) facilities;
  • provision of a lump-sum payment from the budget of the Republic of Crimea to young specialists employed in the organizations of the agro-industrial complex of the Republic of Crimea.

 

Sustainable development of rural areas:
  • improvement of housing conditions for citizens living in rural areas, including young families and young specialists;
  • improvement of rural territories.

 

Moreover, a preferential lending mechanism is being implemented in the Republic of Crimea for the following:

  • agricultural producers, organizations and individual entrepreneurs engaged in primary and (or) subsequent (industrial) processing of agricultural products. Under the preferential program, the authorized bank provides the borrower with a preferential short-term loan and a preferential investment loan at a rate of up to 5% per annum.
  • there is a program of Rural Mortgage preferential mortgage lending in the territory of the Republic of Crimea. Under the preferential program, the authorized bank provides the borrower with a preferential loan at the rate of 3% per annum for the loan amount of up to RUB 3.0 mln.

 

Non-financial support measures:

  • The Center of Competence in the sphere of agricultural cooperation and support of farmers of the Republic of Crimea provides information and consulting services, methodological support to SMEs in the field of AIC;
  • The Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Crimea assists in obtaining places for stalls in major cities of the Republic of Crimea, as well as in providing trading places for selling agricultural products at fairs.

 

 

 

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