CAP & Producers’ Organizations | COOPinCAP Information Shot #2

Did you know that a new Producer Group can be subsidised for the first 5 years of its operation?

The European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy supports cooperation between farmers through the Rural Development Programme’s Intervention P3-77-1.1.

Cooperation comes through producer groups and organisations that are subsidised for the first 5 years of operation, as long as they are successful:

• 10% increase in production volume, or
• 10% increase in production value

The subsidy for setting up a Producer Group/Producer Organization is at 10% of the production value in the ^1st year and decreasing by 2% each year until the end of the 5 years.

The application details of the Greek Ministry of Rural Development and Food can be found here (PDF – Greek).

Sources (in Greek):

• Ministry of Rural Development and Food – Measure 9 “Establishment of producer groups and organizations” of the Rural Development Program 2014 – 2020
• General Secretariat of Union Resources and Infrastructure – Measure 9 – Establishment of producer groups and organizations in the Agriculture and Forestry sectors
• Ministry of Rural Development and Food – Producer groups
• Producer organizations and interprofessional organizations – European Commission (europa.eu)
• Producer Organizations in Greek Agriculture (2nd Edition) – GAIA EPICHEIREIN (c-gaia.gr)

GAIA EPICHEIREIN implements the informational activity in the context of the COOPinCAP “Cooperation for sustainable agriculture“, with the support of the Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Commission