Serbia Well Subsidies 2026: Up to 500,000 Dinars
The government adopted a 208 million dinar program for farmland. Well drilling subsidies reach 500,000 dinars per application, irrigation equipment up to two million.
Serbia’s 2026 state budget sets aside 208 million dinars for the protection, improvement and use of agricultural land, under a program adopted by the Government of Serbia. The money is split across four items: land consolidation, irrigation equipment, well drilling, and soil fertility testing.
Up to 500,000 Dinars per Application for Wells
Well digging and drilling gets 30 million dinars, all of it for new investments. Individuals who hold an active commercial family farm, and who own the land where the well is being built, can receive up to 80% of the value of the works. The cap is 10,000 dinars per linear meter, and no more than 500,000 dinars per application.
Irrigation Equipment and Land Consolidation
New irrigation equipment purchases get 40 million dinars in total. Of that, 10.5 million is reserved for previously approved beneficiaries and work already underway, while 29.5 million goes to new investments. Individuals, research organizations, institutions, companies, entrepreneurs and agricultural cooperatives can all apply, on the condition that they buy, pay for, take delivery of and install the equipment during 2026, and that the land is registered in the Register of Agricultural Holdings with established production.
Support for equipment covers up to 60% of the cost, rising to 70% in areas where farming conditions are difficult. An individual can receive at most two million dinars per application, and the same ceiling, two million dinars per beneficiary, applies to research organizations, schools, companies and cooperatives.
The largest slice of the program, 130 million dinars, goes to land consolidation, the merging and improvement of agricultural plots. Of that amount, 49.3 million covers new and already started work, and 80.7 million covers obligations carried over from earlier programs. Local self-government units, municipalities, cities and the City of Belgrade can apply for consolidation funding provided they secure co-financing and have an adopted annual land improvement program. There, the state covers up to 70% of the cost.
Soil fertility testing gets eight million dinars, the only item the state funds in full, up to 100%. The limit is 2,000 dinars per average sample and a maximum of 20,000 dinars per application. Authorized organizations, higher education institutions and agricultural institutes with authorization from the Ministry of Agriculture are eligible for the funds.
Applications go to the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management’s Directorate for Agricultural Land, which ranks them by the results of the call, available funds and the timing of the works. A beneficiary may not sell or lease out the equipment for one year if it carries no warranty, or for five years if it does, and must keep documentation on the funds received for at least five years after payment. VAT refunds are not available, and anyone who submits inaccurate information or uses falsified documentation must repay the money with statutory default interest.
