Seven groups of producers on July 30 received certificates confirming that they obtained grants to the total value of US$6 million for implementing investment projects within the program of grants for post-harvest infrastructure of the World Bank-funded Moldova Agriculture Competitiveness (MAC-P) Project, IPN reports, quoting a communique of the project.

The seven groups of producers took part in the third call for grants held in April – June 2015 and made investments of about US$4 million, US$1.6 million of which represents grants. The third call for grants involved 16 cooperatives of agricultural entrepreneurs. The assessment and selection commission accepted 14 applications for financing.

Financing was provided for building seven cold storage facilities with a capacity of 170 to 1,500 tonnes in Ialoveni, Causeni, Edinet (two), Cahul, Ungheni, and Hancesti.

Launched in 2014, the program of grants of the MAC-P Project has staged three rounds to select beneficiaries, which involved 29 cooperatives of agricultural entrepreneurs. A number of 26 groups from 14 districts got financing. Thirteen groups of agricultural producers already received US$3.2 million worth of grants after they proved that they made their own contribution to implementing the investment projects. The next call for grants will be held this autumn.