Supply Chain Efficiencies Scheme

Benefits

The key aim of the scheme is to assist farmers, growers and foresters in developing collaborative and supply chain-focussed initiatives. These initiatives will provide the capacity building support that is not available through any other mechanisms and result in:

• Increased capacity of producers to take costs out of the supply chain;
• Improvements of the producers marketing capability;
• Ensuring future sustainability of producers.

Who can apply?

Any individuals and organisations involved in co-operation projects that will develop new products, processes and technologies in the agricultural, forestry and food sectors including:

• Voluntary sector organisations;
• Private and public limited companies, across all sizes of operation;
• Public bodies including Local Authorities;
• Third party bodies involved in agriculture and forestry.

The Supply Chain Efficiencies (SCE) Scheme Overview will tell you what it covers and give you some examples of projects that may be supported.

How do you apply?

If you have an investment plan that may qualify, please contact the Sector Development Team on 03000 6 03000.

A total of 36 projects have been approved so far, of which 5 are Knowledge Transfer. These will result in £32 million worth of investment and a total grant of over £31 million. You can find projects in the SCE Project Map (external link) which displays project locations around Wales. You can also look up their details and brief descriptions in the Approved Projects list on the right. Finally you can read full descriptions in the Project Summary Report to the right of the screen. For full details on the Scheme you can download the SCE Guidance Notes and Supplementary Notes. A copy of the SCE Approval letter is also available showing the terms and conditions attached to the grant funding. You can find these in the documents section.

Approved projects are able to benefit from further Technical Guidance Notes. In addition they are required to adhere to the Publicity Guidelines when publicising their activities. These notes and guidelines can be downloaded from the documents section.

Menter a Busnes has created an online SCE Forum (external link) to encourage networking activities amongst the approved SCE Projects. It contains case studies,  feasibility reports, news & events and evaluation reports related to SCE Projects.

The Welsh Government offers other forms of support to food and drink producers – see link to the Food and Fisheries pages on the right side of the screen.