The operative truth
Terms
| Administering body | Regional agriculture departments |
|---|---|
| Instrument type | Grants |
| Tier | Regional Instruments |
| Ceiling | €100,000–500,000 per partnership |
| Coverage | 70–100% |
| Cost of money | n/a |
| Term | Project period, typically 24–36 months |
| Earliest reachable | Month 10 |
| Application to cash | 240–450 days |
Who qualifies
Partnerships of at least two independent parties — producers, processors, research bodies, public authorities.
What it funds
Project coordination, studies, pilot activity, shared facilities and the running costs of the partnership.
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.
Supply Chain and District Contracts
Partnerships along an agri-food supply chain — producers, processors, distributors — with a lead applicant.
Community Cooperative Support
Cooperatives constituted by residents to provide services to their own community, recognised under the relevant regional law.
Ventures this funds
8 venture types in the atlas list this instrument in their capital stack.
Farm-to-Table Restaurant
A destination restaurant sourcing almost entirely from named producers within a defined radius.
6–14 months
Wool Scouring, Spinning and Yarn
Processing local fleece into scoured wool, yarn and felt, recovering a discarded by-product.
8–16 months
Didactic Farm for Schools
Accredited educational farm visits for school groups, with structured curriculum-linked programmes.
5–12 months
Festival and Event Production
Creating and running food, music, craft and cultural festivals that draw visitors to a territory.
5–14 months
Community Cooperative
A resident-owned enterprise providing whichever services a village has lost, from shop to transport to energy.
8–18 months
Social Farming Enterprise
A farm delivering care, rehabilitation and work-integration services under public contract alongside its agricultural output.
8–18 months
Data Services and Precision Agriculture Support
Drone survey, soil mapping, yield analysis and decision support for farms.
4–10 months
Cold Chain and Shared Storage
Refrigerated and ambient storage available to small producers who cannot build their own.
8–18 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.
