Deadline: 12-Jul-2023
Rural Payments Agency is seeking applications for its Water Management Grant Round 2 program that improves farm productivity through more efficient use of water for irrigation, and to secure water supplies for crop irrigation.
Priorities
- The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) will prioritise funding for projects that improve:
- productivity
- water sustainability
- the environment
Funding Information
- £500,000
Eligibility Criteria
- You can apply for a grant if you’re an arable or horticultural business in England, growing or intending to grow:
- irrigated food crops
- ornamentals or forestry nurseries
- The grant funded assets must be located in England. The grant does not apply to any joint business or partnership based in Northern Ireland.
- If your grant funded asset is mobile, you’ll have to store and keep it in England when not in use.
- The land on which the grant-funded asset is installed or built must either:
- be owned by the applicant business
- have a tenancy agreement between the applicant business and the landowner in place until 5 years after the project is completed
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following groups are not eligible for a grant:
- public organisations, including Crown bodies and non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs)
- local authorities
- members of Producer Organisations under the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Aid Scheme if they have funding for the same project through their operational programme
- businesses who will not use any of the water stored to grow and irrigate their own crops for example, by supplying other businesses with all of the stored water and not using any of it for growing and irrigating their own crops
For more information, visit Rural Payments Agency.
