Regional Government opens applications for agricultural cooperation under PRORURAL+ on August 13
The Regional Secretariat for Agriculture and Forestry, through the Regional Directorate for Rural Development, announced the opening of an application period in August for two sub-measure on cooperation under the Rural Development Programme of the Azores 2014-2020, designated as PRORURAL+.
The opening notices for the sub-measures on the establishment and functioning of EIP operational groups for agricultural productivity and sustainability (16.1) and on the development of new products, practices, processes and technologies (16.2) will be published on August 13.
The submission of applications, which runs until October 15, should be made in the appropriate form available on the PRORURAL+ Portal at http://proruralmais.azores.gov.pt.
From 2014, seven projects have been submitted under measure 16 of PRORURAL+, corresponding to a public expenditure of 865 thousand Euros and an eligible investment of 1.2 million Euros.
The projects already approved under sub-measure 16.1 include one concerning sustainable pastures. As for sub-measure 16.2, there is a project focused on regional pineapple production and a pilot project for the conversion of convention dairy farms into organic dairy farms.