Young farmers: Applications for the €410 million program have begun

The online submission of applications for inclusion in the program “Π3-75.1 – Establishment of young farmers” (young farmers) of the Strategic Plan of the Common Agricultural Policy (SS CAP) of Greece 2023 – 2027, 410 million euros.

The support for each beneficiary amounts from 40,000 euros to 44,000 euros (in islands and disadvantaged areas). The beneficiary will receive 70% of the support amount upon joining the measure and 30% after the certification of the correct completion of the business plan.

Please note that the application is made exclusively electronically on the website https://opske.gr/el.

After completing the submission of the applications, their electronic evaluation will follow. Applications are scored, ranked in descending order and those covered by the regional credit limit are approved.

The 410 million euros, with which the new program is financed, will be distributed as follows:

New farmers: What conditions must they follow

The most important conditions that prospective young farmers must meet are the following:

• When submitting the application they must be adults and in the year of submission they must not exceed 40 years of age.
• To be legal owners of an economically independent agricultural and livestock farm.
• Have not practiced agricultural professional activity at least during the last 5 years before the date of first settlement.
• Submit an acceptable IASC declaration in the year 2024 with a standard return of at least €12,000 on the mainland, Crete and Evia, €10,000 on islands with a population greater than 3,100 and €8,000 on islands with a population less than or equal to 3,100 or have declared at least 103 hives on the mainland, Crete and Evia, 74 on the country’s islands with less than 3,100 inhabitants and 92 on the rest of the country’s islands
• When submitting the application for support, be classified by the Register of Farmers and Agricultural Holdings as new entrants to the agricultural sector.
• During the years 2019 to 2022, not have submitted an IASC declaration with an average standard return exceeding 12,000 euros on the mainland, Crete and Evia and 10,000 euros on the islands other than Crete and Evia or 16,000 euros in any of these years.
• To submit a timely application for support and a standard business plan for the development of their agricultural holding within the deadlines set in the call for expressions of interest.

The amount of support is provided in the form of non-refundable aid capital (lump sum) and is structured as follows:

See the Invitation here.