The total amount of re-credited resources within the program is 448.38 million lei. Of this amount, 65.74 million lei were allocated to beneficiaries in April this year. At the same time, the grant component related to the granted credits amounts to 51.05 million lei (6.83 million lei allocated last month).
The FCA program provides final beneficiaries with funds for re-lending in Moldovan lei at a favorable fixed rate (5.1% p.a.). As of end-April 2026, the financial benefit of these resources compared to average interest rates in the banking sector averaged 6.87 percentage points.
The FCA program is implemented by the Foreign Aid Program Management Unit together with the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry. The program covered all regions of the country, with the largest share of projects in the northern regions.
New component of the FCA program
As of April 9, 2026, a new component, Independent Agricultural Working Capital, is available to partner financial institutions under the FCA program. It allows financing the current needs of agricultural enterprises for up to 500 thousand lei per beneficiary. In April, two enterprises benefited from this component of the program.
Out of the total allocated resources, 67.41% were directed to traditional (conventional) agriculture (grant component – 5%). About 11.44% went to conservation agriculture (grant component – 15%). And another 21.03% went to post-harvest processing of agricultural products (with a grant component of 30%). The balance of 0.12% is for agricultural working capital (without the grant component).
Of the total approved funding projects, 348 are for the purchase of equipment used in traditional agriculture, 72 for conservation agriculture, 61 for post-harvest agro-processing and 2 for agricultural working capital.
The regional distribution of projects confirms the higher degree of farmers’ interest in this program share in the north of the country, where 237 projects were funded, representing 49.07% of the total. In the central region, 168 projects were supported (34.78%) and in the south, 78 projects were supported (16.15%).
In order to continue financing eligible projects in 2026, MDL 124.27 million in loans and MDL 8.92 million in grants related to loans to final beneficiaries are available under the FCA program.
