The notification of Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry on Supporting Agricultural Investments within the Scope of Rural Development Supports 13th Stage (No: 2019/30) was published in the official gazette dated 2 August 2019.

The notification aims to increase the income level in rural areas by considering natural resources and environmental protection, to support small and medium-sized enterprises for the integration of agricultural production and agriculture-based industries, to improve agricultural marketing infrastructure, to strengthen food security, to create alternative income sources in rural areas, strengthening, expanding the use of new technologies developed for agricultural activities by the producers, increasing the efficiency of the rural development activities in progress, and supporting the investments involving new technology in order to contribute to the development of local development capacity in rural society. 

The upper limit of the project amount for the grant is 2.500.000 Turkish Liras and the lower limit for the project amount for the grant is at least 50.000 Turkish Liras.

Applications must be submitted within sixty days from the date of publication of the notification.