Eight Italian regions will benefit from investment support to boost SMEs in developing their agricultural and agri-food businesses under a newly launched Financial Instrument: the Agricultural Multi-Regional Guarantee Platform.

The instrument is co-financed from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) and applies to regions’ Rural Development Programme Measures 4.1 (investment in agricultural holding) and 4.2 (investment in processing, marketing and/or development of agricultural products).