The operative truth
Terms
| Administering body | MASAF with ISMEA |
|---|---|
| Instrument type | Combined Instruments |
| Tier | National Instruments |
| Ceiling | €50,000,000 per contract across the partnership |
| Coverage | Grant plus subsidised loan |
| Cost of money | Subsidised loan component |
| Term | Up to 15 years |
| Earliest reachable | Year 2 |
| Application to cash | 270–540 days |
Who qualifies
Partnerships along an agri-food supply chain — producers, processors, distributors — with a lead applicant.
What it funds
Investment across the whole chain, including processing, logistics, traceability and marketing.
What disqualifies an applicant
What it stacks with
These instruments combine with this one. Grants generally cannot double-fund the same cost, but different components of the same project may each carry their own support, and tax credits stack more freely with grants than grants do with each other.
Processing and Marketing Investment
Enterprises transforming or marketing agricultural products, including farms adding processing and cooperatives.
Cooperation and Supply Chain Projects
Partnerships of at least two independent parties — producers, processors, research bodies, public authorities.
SME Guarantee Fund
Small and medium enterprises including sole traders and agricultural undertakings. New enterprises qualify; the guarantee exists precisely to…
Ventures this funds
9 venture types in the atlas list this instrument in their capital stack.
Extra-Virgin Olive Oil Mill (Frantoio)
A cold-extraction mill pressing your own and neighbours' olives into bottled extra-virgin oil sold under your own label.
12–20 months
Almond, Hazelnut and Walnut Orchard
Nut cultivation with on-farm shelling and roasting for confectionery and retail supply.
30–48 months
Farmhouse Cheese Dairy (Caseificio)
On-farm transformation of your own milk into fresh and aged cheese sold direct and to specialist retail.
8–16 months
Cured Meats Workshop (Salumificio)
Small-batch curing of regional salumi from local pigs, aged on site and sold under a traceable estate label.
14–26 months
Medicinal and Aromatic Herb Farm
Cultivation and drying of officinal herbs for the herbal, cosmetic and food industries.
8–16 months
Ancient Grain Cultivation and Milling
Landrace wheat grown, stone-milled and sold as flour or baked, sidestepping the commodity grain price entirely.
10–18 months
Tomato and Passata Transformation
Field tomatoes transformed on site into passata, peeled tomatoes and concentrate under an estate label.
9–16 months
Cold Chain and Shared Storage
Refrigerated and ambient storage available to small producers who cannot build their own.
8–18 months
Hemp Cultivation and Industrial Processing
Growing and processing industrial hemp for building materials, fibre, seed and biomass.
10–20 months
Note on sources. This page is generated from the VentureItalica research registry. Figures and legal references reflect the corpus as verified at the last review and are indicative rather than advice. Instruments change; always confirm the current call text with the administering body before acting.
