TIRANA, October 16/ATA/ Director of the Agency for Agriculture and Rural Development Frida Krifca said in an interview with ATA that in the second call for applications from the IPARD II Program, which supports investments in agriculture and agri-tourism, may apply even those who were rejected on the first call, but apply again with the required completed documentation.
Krifca explained that there are 26 contracts concluded on a total fund of 10m euros committed for investment to be made over the next 6 months in sectors like: collection points, processing lines or agri-tourism.
“We have opened the second call from October 30 until December 16, 2019 and we expect applications for the second call of the IPARD II program. This application period is sufficient and gives sufficient space to applicants who may have been rejected from the first call to bring their full applications with the additional documentation we requested during the first call,”said Krifca.
She also encouraged farmers and entrepreneurs who want to invest in agriculture, rural development, agri-tourism to apply to the Agricultural and Rural Development Agency while presenting their projects.
IPARD has already produced tangible results, said Krifca./e.xh/p.s./
