Good Practice - Project
Modernisation of a strawberry farm
A farm used RDP support to acquire new machinery in order to improve its strawberry production and increase its profitability.
General information
RDP Priority
- P2. Competitiveness
RDP Focus Area
- 2A: Farm’s performance, restructuring & modernisation
RDP Measure
- M04: Investments in physical assets
Summary
The main activity of Robertas Šerpytis farm is berry growing. But his equipment was outdated and inefficient. New equipment was needed to meet the EU requirements, as well as to increase labour productivity, reduce production costs, and overall increase the farm’s income. Support from the Lithuanian rural development programme helped the farmer to purchase a new tractor, hanging sprayer, grass reversible shredder and trailer.
Results
The revenue from sales increased from EUR 32 236 to EUR 35 520.
Net profitability increased from 18.40% to 13.37%.
The economic value of the holding expressed in terms of the standard value of production, increased from EUR 33 266 to EUR 43 091.
Promoter
Robertas Šerpytis
Funding
Total budget 71 413 (EUR)
EAFRD 42 491 (EUR)
National/Regional 7 498 (EUR)
Private 21 424 (EUR)
Ressources
Documents
gp_lt_strawberryfarm_370_web_je_1.pdf
(PDF – 347.25 Ko)
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