The Agrifood Development Law scheme has opened its second call: a €150,000,000 aid programme for the “Agrifood – Primary Production & Processing of Agricultural Products – Fisheries & Aquaculture” regime under Law 4887/2022, as amended by Law 5203/2025 (GG A’ 87/02.06.2025) and Law 5297/2026 (GG A’ 64/28.04.2026) — Greece’s Development Law. The call was issued under Ministerial Decision 61326/17-07-2026 (Government Gazette B’ 4427/2026), and accepts submissions from 3 August to 30 November 2026.
Why the Agrifood Development Law Matters for International Investors
For investors evaluating Greece’s agricultural and food-processing sector, the Agrifood Development Law scheme is one of the more competitive routes into the broader Development Law framework: comparative scoring means a well-prepared file competes directly against every other application submitted in the same window, and a minimum qualifying score of 50/100 is a floor, not a target. The most common and costly mistake we see is starting works, ordering equipment, or signing contracts before the application is formally submitted — under Greek Development Law rules this disqualifies the relevant expenditure from aid entirely, regardless of how strong the rest of the file is. Full call texts and prior cycles are published on the Ministry’s official investment portal. For the wider context of how this scheme fits alongside other routes into the Greek market, see our Invest in Greece overview.
Who it applies to
The scheme targets investment plans in primary agricultural production, processing of agricultural products, and vertically integrated units combining both activities. Eligible beneficiaries include commercial companies, sole proprietorships, cooperatives, Social Cooperative Enterprises, Agricultural Cooperatives, Producer Groups, Agricultural Corporate Partnerships, and consortia.
Important clarification: although fisheries and aquaculture appear in the scheme’s official title, this particular cycle does not fund those activities.
A distinguishing structural feature: a single project can combine primary production and processing as two distinct sections within the same investment plan — each governed by separate thresholds and aid intensities.
What is eligible
- Establishment of a new unit
- Expansion of production capacity
- Diversification into new products
- Fundamental change to the production process
- Acquisition of assets of a facility that has closed, or would have closed absent the acquisition (SMEs only)
Aid available
Tax exemption, grant (large enterprises excluded), leasing subsidy, and employment subsidy — structured under two separate frameworks:
Processing of agricultural products: rates set by the Regional Aid Map (up to 75% for small enterprises in the North Aegean, Crete, and Western Macedonia); maximum aid of €20,000,000 per project.
Primary production: 50% (outside Attica), 40% (Attica), 60% (farmers under 40 and small Aegean islands); maximum aid of €600,000 per project and per enterprise.
Minimum investment thresholds
€1,000,000 (large enterprises) · €500,000 (medium) · €250,000 (small) · €100,000 (very small) · €50,000 (cooperatives, Producer Groups, Agricultural Corporate Partnerships, sole proprietorships).
Core conditions
- The application must be submitted before any start of works or equipment order
- At least 25% of eligible cost must be covered by own funds or external financing containing no state aid or public support element
- Minimum qualifying score of 50/100, under comparative evaluation
Approval under the Agrifood Development Law is not a matter of chance — it is the outcome of properly structured preparation.
AGGELAKAKIS & ASSOCIATES
20+ years · 100+ projects annually · €500M+ in client investment coordinated annually.
From eligibility assessment through to project completion and fund disbursement, our specialised team manages the full coordination of your application: eligibility screening of the company and the investment, correct structuring of the primary production and processing sections to optimise available aid, investment plan design aimed at maximising its evaluation score, preparation and submission of the complete file, and full support at every stage — from the application through to completion and disbursement.
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