Programme: Rural Development Programme

The investment in the current project proposal is the purchase of a 26 hp tractor. , front hitch system and front mower. The value of the investment is BGN 37,950.00 without VAT and BGN 45,540.00 with VAT, respectively. As the applicant is not registered for VAT, the amount of the investment for which he applies is the price with VAT or BGN 45,540.00. The expected financial assistance amounts to 70% of the value of the investment / BGN 31,878.00 /, as the applicant is a young farmer. He started agricultural activity less than five years before the submission of this project proposal and completed 150 hours of vocational training. The agricultural machinery, subject of the planned investment, is in accordance with the agricultural activity of the farm. In order to carry out some additional agro-technical measures on the farm, an attached attachment will be rented with a contract, related to the tractor planned for purchase: a sprayer and a trailer. With the implementation of the project the applicant is expected to:
- is equipped and modernized with equipment necessary for the farm;
- reduce the costs of external services - the farm currently uses external mechanized services, which leads to high costs and often problems with the untimely implementation of the necessary agro-technical measures;
- improve working conditions - by purchasing the planned equipment manual labor will be reduced and part of the operations for growing perennials will be mechanized;
- increase the efficiency of the farm - the use of the equipment planned for purchase will reduce the time needed to carry out the necessary agro-technical measures for growing perennials, will limit production losses.