Financing your project in Gers: agricultural aid, farm start-up and rural development

Introduction

In Gers, the most tangible departmental avenues concern in particular agricultural start-up-transfer and rural development, with several schemes designed to complement regional aid. Agricultural crisis aid generally falls under the State and has its own timeline: it must be kept separate from the Département's structural aid.

Who is this guide for?

This guide is for businesses, farms, local economy structures and project leaders based in the department. Eligibility depends on the scheme: aid mentioned in a territorial guide may be reserved for municipalities, EPCIs (inter-municipal bodies), pastoral associations or other organizations and not for commercial companies.

Understanding who funds what

Four categories must be separated: (1) aid granted directly by the Département; (2) schemes co-funded with the Région or the State; (3) national or European aid accessible locally; (4) funding from partner operators such as Initiative. Being located in the department is not enough to turn a regional or national grant into a departmental one.

Direct departmental aid

The departmental portal shows targeted schemes, notably in agriculture. For each line, check the regulations, the legal beneficiary, the eligible expenses, the rate, the cap, the timeline and the submission process. A stated area of competence or a presentation page is not confirmation of an open window.

Agricultural and rural aid

Agricultural schemes may target start-up-transfer, small investments, studies, biodiversity or specific sectors. They may complement regional or European schemes, without replacing them. Crisis measures managed by the State must be identified as such and their deadline checked.

Local investments and tourism

Some rural or tourism aid is reserved for municipalities, EPCIs, union associations or collective bodies. Private companies should only be declared eligible if the regulations expressly provide for it.

Complementary funding

Examine the schemes of the Région Occitanie, FEADER, the State, ADEME, Bpifrance and inter-municipal bodies when the project exceeds departmental windows. Each grant must retain its legal funder and its own opening status.

How to prepare your application

Before committing expenses, prepare a project description, a financing plan, quotes, recent accounts, a registration extract, information on staff numbers and revenue, the location of the investments and sector-specific documentation. Do not start expenses before checking whether the regulations require prior submission or prohibit operations already under way.

Checking the status of the aid

A presentation page does not guarantee that a window is open. Check the deadline, the available budget envelope, the regulations in force and the submission channel. Closed annual calls should remain useful for history, but should not be shown as currently available.

Combination and aid regime

Combination rules depend on the scheme, the applicable State aid regime and whether the same expenses are being funded. Keep references to de minimis regulations, the GBER (General Block Exemption Regulation) or agricultural regimes only when specified by the official source. If no detail is available, record "to be checked in the regulations" rather than assuming aid can be combined.

Points of caution

Do not confuse grant, repayable advance, honour loan, guarantee, exemption, support service and funding from an operator. An amount announced for a collective project or a platform is not an individual grant guaranteed to each business. Aid for local authorities must be directed to the relevant public applicants.

Schemes recorded in this batch

Some are State aid, partner schemes or simple pointers. Lines without an official identifier in the reference database are unvalidated tracking entries and should not be counted as validated grants.

Qualification note

This content is an editorial summary based on institutional sources. It is neither an eligibility decision nor a guarantee of obtaining aid. Conditions may change and the regulations take precedence over summaries.

Official sources

Written content, currently under editorial review — this is not an eligibility assessment; only your personalised report applies your company's actual criteria.