Program Conditions

The program envisages the co-financing in the field of dairy industry of purchase/creation of fixed assets.

Within the framework of the program, both the start of new activities and the expansion/modernization of existing ones will be financed in the following direction/purpose:

• Primary milk production - co-financing of small equipment required for building (cattle stall) and farm arrangement;
• Installation of a solar power station with a capacity of no less than 2 kW and no more than 4 kW;
• Alternative activities for young people (men 18-35 years old, and women 18-40 years inclusive, local residents of the respective municipality) - co-financing of a greenhouse of no more than 200 square meters.

Within the program, in the direction of solar-powered power plants and greenhouses, the beneficiary must have the status of socially vulnerable/a woman or must implement the direction in a high mountainous settlement. When reviewing the applications submitted in this direction, priority will be given to the following beneficiaries:

• Those with the status of socially vulnerable;
• Women;
• Young individuals (men – from 18 to 35 years old inclusive, women – from 18 to 40 years old inclusive);
• Those implementing the direction in a high mountainous settlement.

Within the program, a beneficiary applying in the direction of a solar-powered power plant must own a farm building and have electrical equipment and/or devices necessary for primary milk production.

Alternative activity for youth (arrangement of a greenhouse not exceeding 200 sq. meters) – the beneficiary must have the status of socially vulnerable/a woman/or must implement the direction in a high mountainous settlement. When reviewing the applications submitted in this direction, priority will be given to the following beneficiaries:

• Those with the status of socially vulnerable;
• Women;
• Those implementing the direction in a high mountainous settlement.

Geographical area of program distribution

In the case of targeting "alternative activities for young people" (arrangement of a greenhouse of no more than 200 square meters) and co-financing of solar panels, applications will be accepted from the following regions: Samtskhe-Javakheti, Samegrelo-Zemo Svaneti and Imereti.

Primary production of milk (setting up a farm) is possible In all municipalities of Georgia, except for self-governing cities..

The farm created / modernized / expanded under the program must meet the certain criteria for setting up a farm.

Beneficiary of the Program

The participant must be a citizen of Georgia (if applying as an individual) or a registered business entity in Georgia (including agricultural cooperatives) in which the state does not own any shares, stakes, or stock.

The participant must not have any outstanding tax liabilities to the state budget.

The real estate where the investment is to be made must be: Registered as personal property of the applicant in the National Agency of Public Registry (NAPR); OR Leased or acquired through a superficies agreement, with at least five years remaining on the contract at the time of signing the co-financing agreement. The lease/superficies agreement must be registered with NAPR.

The real estate must not be under seizure or legal restriction.

If the applicant has participated in any other agency-funded program, they must not have violated the program’s terms.

The participant's co-financing contribution may come from personal funds or a loan from a financial institution.

Grants or funding received through other programs/projects cannot be used as the co-financing source for this program.