Agro-Energy Fund (Land Bank / DALRRD)
Part-loan, part-grant funding from the Land Bank (with DALRRD) for alternative energy on farms - solar panels, biogas and biomass plants - to cut load-shedding losses on irrigation, intensive production and cold-chain operations. Smallholders (turnover R50,000 to R1 million) get up to 70 percent as a grant capped at R500,000; medium-scale farmers get 50 percent capped at R1 million; large-scale farmers (turnover above R10 million) get 30 percent capped at R1.5 million, with the balance as a Land Bank loan. Apply directly through the Land Bank.
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