Support to Agricultural Cooperatives in North Macedonia: First set of field visits of the grantees has been conducted

Support to Agricultural Cooperatives in North Macedonia: First set of field visits of the grantees…

On 09.07.2021, the project “Support to Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in North Macedonia” accompanied by the EU Delegation in Skopje, started with the first set of field visits to the grantees [...]

On 09.07.2021, the project “Support to Development of Agricultural Cooperatives in North Macedonia” accompanied by the EU Delegation in Skopje, started with the first set of field visits to the grantees in order to inspect and to have a demonstration (where possible) of the procurements made within the project’s grant scheme.

The following three grantees were part of the visit: Prva Lozarska kooperativa from Negotino, Petrushka Reka from Miravci and Juzen biser plus from Stojakovo. Their business plans, developed within the project, focus on the following activities:

  • Prva lozarska kooperativa from Negotino, total amount of the investment 22,540 euros (of which 18,032 from EU). The main investment is green pruning machinery and defoliator. The cooperative has 14 members;
  • Petrushka River from Miravci, total amount of the investment 126,439 euros (of which 80,000 from the EU). The main investment is warehouse and distribution space with drying and cooling devices. The cooperative has11 members;
  • Juzen biser plus from Stojakovo, total amount of the investment 83,740 euros (of which 59,814 from the EU). The main investment is warehouse and distribution space equipped with laboratory premises, palletizing, packaging and labeling. The cooperative has 10 members.