Individual Business Investments in Agricultural Enterprises
Funding of investment measures in agricultural enterprises in Brandenburg and Berlin to strengthen competitiveness, sustainability, environmental and climate protection, as well as animal welfare. Applications via the digital LELF system, selection based on cut-off dates.
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Grant criteria
Funding objective
Support for the development of a competitive, sustainable, environmentally and climate-friendly, animal welfare-oriented, multifunctional, and risk-preventive agriculture through investment measures in agricultural enterprises.
Eligible expenses
- Ancillary construction costs
- Construction, acquisition, modernization of fixed assets
- Purchase of new machinery, equipment, and installations
- Irrigation and water storage systems
- General expenses (architecture, engineering services)
Non-eligible expenses
- Leasing and hire purchase
- Replacement investments
- Land acquisition
- Used machinery
- Machinery and harvest storage halls
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Eligible to apply
- Companies
Funding requirements
- SMEs according to EU criteria and minimum size according to ALG
- Two-year preliminary bookkeeping
- Proof of professional skills in the agricultural sector
- Form-bound investment concept
- Do not exceed prosperity index
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Documents required for application
- Investment concept
- Financing confirmation from the house bank
- Construction or Federal Immission Control Act (BImSchG) permit
- Overview of offers
Evaluation criteria
- Competitiveness
- Value Chain Connections
- Food Quality
- Environmental and Climate Protection
- Animal Welfare
- Resource Efficiency
- Protection Against Adverse Weather
- Young Farmer
- Digitalization
- Innovation
- Biosecurity
- Employment Effect
Description
The individual farm investment support (ELI) in Brandenburg and Berlin specifically strengthens small and medium-sized agricultural enterprises through grants for investment measures in the fields of agriculture & rural development, consulting & business financing, as well as energy efficiency & climate protection. Funding is provided for new constructions and modernizations of barns, storage and silage facilities, machinery for precision agriculture, as well as investment measures for animal welfare, environmental protection, and climate protection (e.g., exhaust air purification, covered slurry tanks, energy-efficient pumps). Additionally, investments in irrigation and water storage facilities are possible, provided it is demonstrated that water consumption is reduced by at least 15% (or 50% for water-relevant water bodies in less-than-good condition). The investment concept, proof of own funds (financing confirmation from the house bank), and existing permits form the basis for selection on a cut-off date according to a points system. Recipients of funding are SMEs of all legal forms engaged in agricultural activities and meeting minimum size requirements according to the Agricultural Law (ALG), based in Brandenburg or Berlin.
The grants amount to 40% to 65% of eligible expenses (up to 50% for animal welfare, environmental, and climate protection investments, up to 65% for non-productive measures). The approval period runs until December 31, 2027. Applications must be submitted in full via the web-based online application system of the State Office for Rural Development, Agriculture and Land Consolidation (LELF). The Investment Bank of the State of Brandenburg (ILB) decides after official selection cut-off dates, whereby the overall financing must be demonstrated via forms and documents uploaded electronically. Particular attention is paid to formal documentation, proof of compliance, and adherence to binding periods (five years for investments in immovable assets). Targeted diversification measures to strengthen income in rural areas complement the program. This funding call offers companies an attractive opportunity to sustainably improve their competitiveness, environmental compatibility, and sustainability, and to strengthen rural value chains in the long term.
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