eWork: 450 million grants will be given to entrepreneurs for the development of processing companies and the establishment of orchards

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Within the framework of the project "eRabota" more than 1000 entrepreneurs have already applied for grants to develop processing companies and plant gardens and greenhouses, 77 of them will receive funds from the state in the nearest future. This was reported by the Deputy Minister of Economy of Ukraine Tatiana Berezhnaya.

«Today we have 54 successful applications for grants from entrepreneurs who plan to develop processing companies, and 23 for the planting of orchards. The total amount of funds they will receive from the state is 454 million hryvnias. And this autumn the agrarians will be able to plant more than three hundred hectares of new orchards and strengthen the capacity of our processing industry», — Tatiana Berezhnaya said.

The largest number of gardens grantees plan to plant in Kyiv region — 6 gardens, in Zakarpattya and Lviv regions — 3 gardens each. 10 entrepreneurs, who will receive funds in the nearest future, intend to grow blueberry and blueberry, 8 — to plant apple orchards. will have the area of 20−25 hectares.

The project «eRabota» includes 6 grant programs aimed to stimulate entrepreneurship. In particular, micro grants for starting or developing own business, grants for establishing and developing processing enterprises, orchards and wine-growing, greenhouse farming, support for IT start-ups and start-ups in IT sphere.

Learn more at: agravery.com