Over four billion euros where invested, last year, in environment

Projects funded by the Payments Agency for Rural Development and Fisheries (APDRP) of the National Rural Development Programme 2007-2013 (RDP) bring now into the economy more than 4 billion euros.

"All these centralizations were made after our reports throughout this year, Arad being one of the active centers in the country, viewed from this point of view" - told us Arsenie Handra ing director of the Office County Payments for Rural Development and Fisheries Arad.

Results so far show that in terms of Measure 121 Modernisation of agricultural holdings, European funding aimed mainly field crops, specifically the purchase of specific equipment. Thus, the 1064 investment projects, for which contracts already were signed by APDRP, aimed at provision with agricultural machinery.

Other projects are considering investment in pig farming, poultry or cattle, the main acquisitions were directed to construction of buildings. It's about 300 projects.

A good thing in financing investment projects in agriculture is the share increasingly larger of eco-friendly production. Paying Agency for Rural Development and Fisheries financed over 260 investment projects that are focused on organic farming.

Measure 123 together with related state aid schemes: most investments were focused on food (709 projects), processing of forestry products attracted 135 beneficiaries. In  the food industry APDRP has contracted 39 projects aimed at BIO processing of agricultural products.

When referring to the types of beneficiaries who have accessed Measure 123, we can say that the overwhelming majority is the micro enterprises, about 714.

Since the beginning of NRDP in 2008, the Paying Agency for Rural Development and Fisheries managed 95 694 applications for funding of over 15.26 billion euros. To this date, 48 073 projects were selected for funding, worth 4.58 billion euros, representing a commitment of 47% of funds available through the NPRD. APDRP has performed so far, payments of about 4 billion euros, which means the effective absorption of over 40 percent.

Source: http://glsa.ro