Programme: Rural Development Programme

Elena Kocheva is a registered agricultural producer whose main activity is raising male and female meat lambs and lambs of the Ile de France breed. The current project proposal includes the purchase of a tractor with a nominal power of 109 hp, GPS navigation for the tractor, a mower and a fodder trailer, leading to environmental protection components, including through the use of technological solutions that provide the possibility of traceability or operations control and process management. The investment is aimed at the development and modernization of the applicant's agricultural holding, which will contribute to the improvement of all stages of the production activity. By putting the new agricultural machinery into operation, the applicant's needs will be satisfied, related to the quality performance of the activities, both for the extraction of fodder and for the preparation of the fodder and its distribution to the animals. The planned investments will contribute to the optimization of production processes and the reduction of costs on the farm. Specialized agricultural machinery will ensure quality and timely performance of production activities, with lower fuel consumption and lower levels of emissions from exhaust gases. In this way, high productivity, security and a reduction in the probability of errors will be achieved within the farm, which will increase the competitiveness of Elena Kocheva's farm in combination with accelerating its adaptation to climate change, digital transformation and greening of production.