TIRANA, July 27/ATA / – In September farmers will receive in grants under the European Union’s Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance for Rural Development (IPARD II) worth of EUR 97 million co-financed by the Albanian government and the EU.
The IPARD II programme will start this spring and the grant of 97 million euros will be injected to support investment projects in the country’s rural areas and give a fresh impetus to agriculture and rural development in Albania.
The Albanian Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Niko Peleshi attended Friday a meeting with entrepreneurs and bank leaders in the light of the “100 Villages- 100 Integrated Development Models for the Rural Renaissance”project in Fishta village near Lezha town, Northwest Albania.
During a meeting, Peleshi announced that the government is undertaking an ambitious project for the development of rural areas and demanded the attention of entrepreneurs to invest in agricultural sector.
Focusing on funding sources, Peleshi said that “First, we have increased the state budget support for subsidies and grants. This year, the Albanian government is planning to distribute 20 million euros of the state budget, to guesthouses and agritourism.”
There are 31 projects that will be supported by the IPARD aiming at contributing to the sustainable adaptation of the agricultural sector and rural areas in the candidate country, Albania.
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