Women Farmer Capital Investment Scheme

The Women Farmers' Capital Investment Scheme (WFCIS), part of TAMS 3, gives women farmers an increased level of grant support to upgrade agricultural buildings and equipment, promoting gender equality, generational renewal, and the participation of women in farming. Grant aid is paid at 60% of eligible costs up to a €90,000 investment ceiling per holding (€160,000 for registered farm partnerships).

Grant range: €1,200 - €96,000
Funding level: 60%
Support type: Grant
Last checked: 3 Sept 2026

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About this scheme

WFCIS provides an increased level of TAMS 3 support to women farmers to help meet the considerable capital costs of establishing or upgrading their enterprise, aiming to promote gender equality, employment, growth, generational renewal, social inclusion and local development in rural areas, while improving competitiveness, efficiency and environmental performance. Grant aid is paid at 60% of approved, completed and eligible expenditure, up to a maximum investment ceiling of €90,000 per holding; where two or more eligible partners in a registered Farm Partnership apply jointly, the ceiling rises to €160,000. A separate, dedicated rate and ceiling apply for nutrient storage investments. The minimum eligible investment per application is €2,000, and multiple applications per tranche are permitted. To qualify, an applicant must be aged over 18 and under 67, be identified as female on the Department's CCM system, own or hold leasehold title to the development site, and meet the standard land thresholds; a woman farmer can only qualify under this scheme for one holding or entity. Applications are made online via agfood.ie and assessed against published selection criteria each tranche.

Who can apply

Applicant must be more than 18 years and under 67 years of age at the date of submitting the application
Must be identified as female on the Department's Corporate Customer Management (CCM) system
Must own, or have leasehold title to, the site on which the proposed development is to be carried out
Must have a minimum of 5 hectares declared under the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) or Basic Income Support for Sustainability (BISS), or equivalent, in the year of application or the preceding year
For tillage-related investments: must instead have a minimum of 15 hectares of eligible crops
For intensive enterprises: must generate a minimum of 20 production units from farming
For Equine Investments only: must additionally have a minimum of 3 equines declared on the Equine Census (or equivalent) in the year preceding application
A woman farmer can only qualify for one holding or entity under this scheme
Dedicated nutrient storage investments (mass concrete tanks, manure pits, circular slurry stores, geo-membrane lined stores and related sub-investments): grant-aided at 60% with their own separate €90,000 (€160,000 partnership) investment ceiling

How to apply

Register for the Department's online services at agfood.ie if not already registered.
Submit the application online via agfood.ie, either yourself or through an authorised agent; multiple applications per tranche are allowed, each subject to the €2,000 minimum investment threshold.
Applications received in a tranche are assessed and ranked against the scheme's published selection/marking criteria.
On approval, complete the works within the timeframe specified in the approval letter, notifying the Department in advance of key construction stages where required for certain investments.
Submit the payment claim online with all required supporting documentation (receipts/invoices, tax clearance, relevant quality certificates, etc.); grant aid is paid at 60% of the lowest of the reference cost, invoiced cost, or proposed cost, up to the relevant ceiling.