The national agricultural producers, except for those from Chisinau and Balti, that use sustainable land management practices and maintain healthy and productive soil are invited to apply to a program of post-investment grants. The World Bank’s Moldova Agriculture Competitiveness Project (MAC-P), in concert with the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry and the Ministry of Environment, launches the fifth call of the Sustainable Land Management program, IPN reports.

In a press release, the Ministry says the post-investment grant will refund 50% of the value of the eligible investment, in the amount of at most US$20,000 per agricultural producer. Grants are provided to farmers that purchased new agricultural machines or equipment made after 2014 starting with November 1, 2015 and to those that applied sustainable land management practices such as No-till and Strip-till and took agro-forest, hydrotechnical and other measures after November 1, 2015.

The program of post-investment grants also envisions free consultancy to the interested agricultural producers. Applications can be submitted to the local offices of the Agency for Intervention and Payments in Agriculture by December 15, 2016. More information is available at www.aipa.gov.md and www.capmu.md.