Grants for investments in other agriculture-based industries

Do you want to develop another agriculture-based business on your farm? You can apply for grants to invest in permanent facilities and related long-term production equipment.
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Type of service
Grants
Target group
Owner of an agricultural property
Application deadline
Ongoing
How much
Up to NOK 3.5 million
Application type
Other agriculture- and reindeer husbandry-based industries

The primary target group is owners of agricultural properties who plan to invest in other agriculture-based businesses.

In this context, market gardens and small-scale vegetable production are considered other agriculture-based industries.

Priorities may vary between counties. Read the regional guidelines for your region.

You can use the grant to fund investments in fixed installations and associated durable production equipment for other agriculture-based activities.

Grants of up to 40% of approved costs, capped at NOK 3,500,000. There is no upper limit for Nordland, Troms and Finnmark.

1. Complete and submit your application

You can find the agricultural application form by logging in to 'My page' with BankID. We will ask you to provide the information and documentation we need to assess your project. In the application, you can use the 'Talk to an adviser' button to ask for guidance before submitting it. Remember that you must not start the project before submitting your application.

2. Assessment

We review applications on an ongoing basis, and several people assess each application. Our guidelines and regional priorities determine which projects we can fund. We receive many applications and have limited funds, so we cannot approve every application.

3. Decision

Your customer adviser submits the case to the decision-maker. Once we have made a decision on your application, we will notify you by email, and you can find the decision on My page. If we offer you funding, make sure you understand the terms and how we will disburse the funds.

Agricultural funding exhausted in several regions

We are receiving a high volume of agricultural applications, and unfortunately most of our regional offices have no funding left for 2026. This currently applies to Agder, Innlandet, Møre og Romsdal, Nordland, Rogaland, Troms og Finnmark, Trøndelag, Vestfold and Østfold.

Applications affected by this will not receive a decision until 2027, provided the project is eligible.

It is important that you do not start the project before submitting your application.

Key conditions for funding

To receive services from us, your company must uphold the principles of responsible business conduct and actively consider its own sustainability risks. Read more about sustainability and responsible business conduct.

State aid rules

Funding from Innovation Norway must comply with State aid rules. There are five general conditions for State aid that must be met.

The General Block Exemption Regulation (GBER) is part of the State aid rules. It contains provisions that allow us to provide support to companies in various circumstances. One or more provisions may apply to each case. Read more about GBER.

Legal basis for the scheme

Our funding schemes have been notified to the EFTA Surveillance Authority, ESA. The legal basis for these notifications is available on the National Legal Basis page.

Other public funding

You must state in the application whether you have applied or intend to apply for other public funding for the project. We also determine the level of our funding based on an overall assessment of how much public funding is needed for the project to proceed.

When determining the grant amount, we therefore assume that you will not receive any other public funding, including SkatteFUNN, beyond what is stated in the application. This applies to funding for the project costs used to calculate our grant (eligible costs). If you nevertheless receive other public funding, including SkatteFUNN, after we have made our offer, and it covers the same costs, we may reduce or withdraw our grant accordingly.

This does not prevent the company from receiving other public funding for project costs other than those on which we have based our assessment.

Apply here
You can find the application form by logging in to My page with BankID.
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