Producers in Iasi, Romania, looking to benefit from financial aid offered by the Ministry of Agriculture through the Tomata 2025 program are urged to prepare their documentation for submission to the local Agricultural Directorate.
The Tomata 2025 program primarily supports the cultivation of vegetables such as tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, eggplants, cabbages, beans, lettuce, spinach, and green onions in protected spaces. The initiative is designed to stimulate the growth of these crops in greenhouses or limited exposure fields, encouraging a more diverse vegetable market.
Farmers can receive up to 1.5 euros per square meter, which translates to a maximum of 1,500 euros for every 1,000 square meters, as long as they cultivate a minimum area of 1,000 square meters. The total financial aid a beneficiary can receive caps at 50,000 euros. This support is part of a wider minimum aid scheme that will be active across Romania from 2025 to 2027, intended to secure the production of greenhouse vegetables.
Applications for the 2025 program will be accepted until May 30, 2025, at the Agricultural Directorate in Iasi. Those interested in applying for the following year, 2026, must submit their requests between February 2 and April 15. Farmers seeking financial aid must commit to cultivating a minimum area of 1,000 square meters, adhering to legislative requirements about the crop types and areas involved, as well as the minimum plant densities per unit area.
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