Processing and marketing of agricultural products in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen and in the State of Lower Saxony Promotion
The support will adapt the processing and marketing of agricultural products to market requirements. Companies and producer groups can benefit from the support if they invest in improving the use of resources. Other important goals are the development of regional marketing channels or the production of special quality products. Appropriate measures are intended to strengthen the competitiveness of companies, secure sales of products and generate additional revenues for producers.
Who should I contact?
The responsibility lies with the Lower Saxony Chamber of Agriculture.
Responsible authorities
Landwirtschaftskammer Niedersachsen
Requirements
The proposed project must be implemented in the Free Hanseatic City of Bremen or in the state of Lower Saxony.
The following may be considered as beneficiaries:
- Associations of producers who have been recognised as producer organisations and associations of producer organisations under the law on the structure of agricultural markets. Fruit and vegetable producer organisations are excluded.
- groups of at least five producers and their associations producing quality products in accordance with Article 16(1)(a)(i) and (ii) of Regulation (EU) No 1305/2013, provided that they do not meet the conditions for recognition under the agricultural market structure law.
- Undertakings engaged in the processing and marketing of agricultural products whose activities do not at the same time extend to the production of basic agricultural products.
Applications / forms
Which documents are required?
- Applications forms
What are the fees?
There are no fees.
Process flow
Funding is granted upon application. There is no entitlement to funding. On the one hand, the fulfillment of the eligibility requirements and, on the other hand, the quality of the proposed project are decisive. For this purpose, a ranking of the applications received is carried out. In doing so, the points obtained from the project selection criteria queried and fulfilled are used as a benchmark for comparison. In the further procedure, intermediate and proof of use must be submitted. An on-the-spot inspection is carried out as part of the inspection. On-site appointments by other inspection bodies may be added.
What deadlines do I have to pay attention to?
Application Deadline: (yearly) 15/03 and 15/09 (2014 – 2021)