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Organic farming – APIA support

Support for farmers who practise or convert to organic farming. The 2026 claim was due by 5 June 2026; the next campaign opens in 2027.

Agency for Payments and Intervention in AgricultureChecked on the official site: 13 October 2026

Deadlines and funds can change: confirm on the official site before you apply.

In short

Who it is for
Companies
How much you can get
Varies from case to case: see the official guide
Until when
05 June 2026
Where you apply
apia.org.ro
About the programme

Support for organic farming (intervention DR-04 in the 2023–2027 CAP Strategic Plan) is claimed through the payment request filed with APIA in the yearly campaign, not through an AFIR session. The per-hectare amounts differ by crop type and are set in the intervention's packages; we do not copy them here. The 2026 campaign: the deadline for the payment request was 5 June 2026 (according to press reports citing APIA and the ministry), and the ministry said it would not be extended; the campaign has ended. The next campaign, in 2027, will be announced on apia.org.ro. APIA's official 2026 campaign page no longer showed the deadline on 13 October 2026; the 5 June date therefore comes from the press, not from the APIA page.

Eligibility conditions

Farmers registered with APIA who practise or convert to organic farming, under the conditions of the intervention's packages.

  • Farmers registered with APIA
Eligible expenses

A payment per hectare, by the intervention's package.

How to apply

The single payment request, filed at the APIA county centre in the yearly campaign.

Documents needed

The list is in APIA's campaign guides.

What do these words mean?

Eligible

Eligible means you meet the programme's conditions. An eligible expense is one the programme can actually pay for; an ineligible one you pay yourself, even if the project is approved.

Applicant and beneficiary

The applicant is the one who asks for the funding. They become a beneficiary only after the request is approved and they sign the funding contract or decision.

Application session (call)

The period when the institution takes requests. Once it closes you can no longer apply, and sometimes the funds run out before the last day. A programme may have several sessions a year or only one.

Applicant's guide

The official document with all the rules: who can apply, which expenses count, which papers you need and how scoring works. If anything differs from what FonduRO says, the guide is what counts.

See all the terms

Where this comes from: Pagina APIA „Depune Cererea de Plată – Campania 2026” (apia.org.ro), citită pe 13 octombrie 2026; termenul de 5 iunie 2026 din presă (Capital, Economedia), nu din pagina APIA.

Change history
Verification updated13 October 2026
Verification updated13 October 2026
Funding details

The amounts differ from case to case: see the official guide.

Timeline
Closing date05 June 2026
Deadline passed
Geographic coverage
Nationwide

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