Ljubinje municipality: support for farmers and small businesses, and where calls appear

Ljubinje municipality sets aside money from its own budget for agriculture and small businesses, and some of the 2026 calls ran through donor projects. The calls are for farms, farm producers and sole traders in Ljubinje municipality. The information was checked on the municipal website on 7 October 2026.

In short

• The 2026 municipal budget (the file on the website is titled "Prijedlog", meaning proposal) plans 30,000 KM for "agriculture incentives" and 35,000 KM for "employment and entrepreneurship incentives". For 2025 the amounts were 20,000 KM and 50,000 KM (after the budget revision).
• Call for young farmers under the "ProBio BiH" project, no. 02-330-10/26 of 22 April 2026: 10,000 EUR in total, up to 2,500 EUR per beneficiary. The decision of 22 May 2026 gave 2,000 EUR each to five beneficiaries.
• Call for 20 greenhouses of 100 m2 each, published 10 March 2026 (a project worth 96,704.30 KM, run with Muslim Aid Association). The beneficiary contribution is 598.50 KM. The final ranking list of 30 April 2026 approved 21 greenhouses, one more than the call announced.
• Call for sole traders: up to 3,000 KM each, published 26 June 2026. The list of 23 July 2026 approved the incentive for six sole traders.
• Call for the lease of 31 ha of municipal land planted with sour cherry in Ljubinjsko polje, published 6 February 2026.
• All four calls were open for 15 days from publication.

Who it applies to

• ProBio BiH: holder of a registered farm, aged up to 35, unemployed or employed with farming as the main activity. The farm had to be in the APIF register by 1 January 2026 at the latest. The money was for investment in crop production only. Only one member per household may apply. Staff of the municipal administration and of the ProBio BiH project, and their close family members, cannot apply.
• Greenhouses: socially and financially vulnerable people of any age, and young people aged 18 to 35, resident in the municipality. The applicant must be the holder or a member of a farm entered in the Registar poljoprivrednih gazdinstava (farm register), or register within 30 days of the award notice. The land must be owned by the applicant or a close family member, or leased or held for use for at least 3 years. It must be within 1 km of the house and must be possible to irrigate. The beneficiary must attend compulsory training in greenhouse production. Close family members of municipal and Muslim Aid Association staff cannot apply.
• Sole traders: registered and active sole traders aged up to 35, sole traders with disabilities, and sole traders registered since 1 June 2025 regardless of age. Anyone who received a municipal self-employment or entrepreneurship incentive in 2025 cannot apply.
• Land lease: call no. 02-330-3/26 of 6 February 2026 covers four plots, 31 ha in total, in Ljubinjsko polje, cadastral municipality KO Vođeni, currently planted with sour cherry (višnja). The land may be used for agricultural production only. Companies, cooperatives and sole traders registered for farming, farms in the APIF register, and individuals who are not in the farm register but do farm can apply. All must have had their seat or residence in the municipality for at least one year before the call was published.

What to do

1. Follow the "Obavještenja" (notices) page on the municipal website and the notice board of the Opštinska uprava (municipal administration). Calls are published there, and the deadline runs from the day of publication.
2. The required documents differ from call to call. Sole traders had to provide a CIPS residence certificate or an ID card, the registration decision, a certificate that taxes are paid up and a giro account number, plus proof of disability for applicants with a disability. Greenhouse and ProBio BiH applicants also had to submit a certified household list and proof of household members' income. For the land lease, individuals provided a copy of their ID card and a farm register certificate from 2025 or 2026. Always check the exact list in the call itself.
3. Collect the forms at the municipal administration (counter 2 for the sole trader call, the information desk for the greenhouse call).
4. Submit the application in person or by post, in a sealed envelope marked as the call requires. Incomplete or late applications are not considered.
5. A commission scores the applications and publishes a ranking list or a list of beneficiaries. The selected applicants then sign a contract.

Deadlines and amounts

• ProBio BiH: up to 2,500 EUR per beneficiary, VAT included. The beneficiary must cover at least 10% of the investment and keep the equipment for at least 3 years. Buying land, buildings, used machinery or equipment, or passenger cars is not eligible.
• Greenhouses: according to the call, Muslim Aid Association pays 40%, the municipality 45% and the beneficiary 15%. Applications are scored on the plot conditions found on site, household size, income per member, social situation and earlier donations. The beneficiary must keep the greenhouse for at least 3 years.
• Sole traders: up to 3,000 KM as a one-off payment, for fitting out and equipping premises, equipment and materials, running costs, or taxes and contributions on wages. The business must keep operating for 12 months from the contract.
• Land lease: rent is 250 KM per hectare per year for land classes I to V and 200 KM per hectare for classes VI to VIII. On land with an existing maraska sour cherry orchard the tenant pays no rent for the first three years.
• Leases run for up to 1 year for annual field crops, up to 5 years for lucerne, planting material and medicinal herbs, and up to 20 years for planting orchards and vineyards. Sub-leasing is not allowed.
• Maximum area per applicant: 30 ha for a company, 20 ha for a cooperative, 10 ha for a sole trader with employees, 8 ha for a commercial farm, 3 ha for a non-commercial farm, 1 ha for an unregistered farm with several members and 0.5 ha for an unregistered single-member farm. If few people apply, these limits can be raised.
• All 2026 calls listed here are closed. As of 7 October 2026 the "Obavještenja" page showed no call from the agriculture budget line, so ask the municipality about this money. Dates of new calls are not announced in advance, so watch the notices.

Where to go

• Opština Ljubinje, Odsjek za privredu (Economy Department), Svetosavska 2, 88380 Ljubinje. Phone 059/630-280 (switchboard) and 059/630-295 (Economy Department, the number given in the sole trader and ProBio BiH calls). The Economy Department also gives details of the plots offered for lease. Office hours 07:00 to 15:00, with a break from 10:00 to 10:30.
• Notices of Ljubinje municipality
• Republika Srpska incentives are covered in separate articles, and City of Trebinje support for farmers in the article on Trebinje.

Laws and sources

• Notices of Opština Ljubinje (2026 calls and decisions)
• Public call for lease of agricultural land, no. 02-330-3/26 of 6 February 2026
• 20 new greenhouses for Ljubinje, news item of 25 February 2026
• Public call for greenhouses, no. 02-330-5/26 of 10 March 2026
• Final ranking list for 21 greenhouses, 30 April 2026
• ProBio BiH public call for young farmers, no. 02-330-10/26 of 22 April 2026
• ProBio BiH award decision, 22 May 2026
• Public call for incentives to sole traders, no. 02-022-31/26 of 26 June 2026
• Sole traders approved for 2026 incentives, 23 July 2026
• Budget of Ljubinje municipality for 2026 (proposal)