Four grants to the total value of 110,000 lei are provided to agricultural producers in central and northern Moldova that want to grow berries and strawberries on new plantations or to apply innovations to existing plantations, IPN  reports.

The grants are offered within the project “Productivity Improvement and Market Access for Berry Producers” that is implemented by the Business Consulting Center.

On its website, the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment said that three grants of 20,000 lei each are provided for creating protection strips near berry and strawberry fields. A grant to the value of 50,000 lei will be offered for applying innovations.

The applicants for grants must represent an enterprise and must have at least one year of experience in the field. They should also cover at least 50% of the cost of plantlets for setting up protecting strips or 50% of the costs of the applied innovation.

The beneficiary must purchase the plantlets from a licensed nursery in Moldova and plant these around the field. Later the Business Consulting Center will reimburse at least 50% of the cost of young plants. The beneficiary will have to ensure the irrigation of the protection strip during the first year of the planting.

The applicants will send the file to the email address ddodica@cca-ngo.org or to the postal address of the Business Consulting Center: MD-2004, Chisinau, 23/9 Mitropolitul Petru Movila St, office 3. The deadline for applications is April 10, 2018. The results will be made public by April 16.