The main task of rural services is to ensure the payment of EU and national subsidies to agricultural entrepreneurs. In addition to support matters, rural services' tasks include predator and deer damage assessments, waste oat inspections and matters related to animal husbandry registration. Karvia, Merikarvia, Pori, Siikainen and Ulvila form a rural administration cooperation area, the services of which are provided by the City of Pori.
Contact
Milla Ruuhikorpi
Rural expert
044 772 7509
milla.ruuhikorpi@pori.fi
Jessica Jokinen
Rural expert
044 701 1819
jessica.jokinen@pori.fi
Pori Rural Services' joint email: ruralservices@pori.fi
Secure email: Securemail
Info
Services are available by phone, email, Teams meeting and office visit. Personal meetings by appointment. Forms can be left at the municipal hall information desk/mailbox.
Interleaving
Sastamala City Temporary Service Unit
Temporary Service Supervisor (Kankaanpää, Karvia, Jämijärvi)
044 772 7515 pia.isomaki@sastamala.fiAvailable from the Rural Affairs Office
A soil auger, a feed sampling auger and a fuel-powered feed sampling auger can be borrowed from the Rural Office against a deposit. In the corridor of the Rural Office, there are soil, manure and salmonella sampling jars and feed analysis bags, which you can freely request.
Karvia Municipality Agricultural Grants
You can apply for a grant with a free-form application that includes the applicant's name, address, business ID and account information, other necessary documents or grounds for granting the grant, or you can submit the application electronically via the links below.
Basic drainage subsidies for agricultural land
The basic drying allowance is €0,12/m for less than 1000 meters and €0,08/m for more than 1000 meters up to 5000 meters.
Apply for basic drying assistance
Limestone allowance
The liming subsidy is €2/tonne, with a maximum of 40 tonne/farm.
Course and project activities related to rural livelihoods
Supporting training and other activities for rural businesses organized in the municipality, as well as projects and initiatives.
Apply for a course activity grant
Design of agricultural production buildings
Design grant for agricultural production buildings 50% of the costs and a maximum of €504. Paid based on invoices and receipts when the building is completed and put into use.
Grants for various activities that develop the countryside and its inhabitants
The grant is awarded for a maximum of 35% of the project's cost estimate, and the final payment is made based on receipts. Apply for development assistance
Youth employment support
Students from Karvia who have graduated from an agricultural or forestry college will be awarded a €300 scholarship.
It is the responsibility of the grant applicant to comply with the prohibition of double funding. (Prohibition of double funding, Section 14 a (29.12.2022/1328), according to which; support cannot be granted for a measure that has received other public funding if it results in double funding as referred to in Article 36 of the Horizontal Regulation.) Municipal grants are public money, so it is the responsibility of the grant applicant to ensure that previous funding is not recovered from them due to other public funding.
Gooseberry agriculture in 2025
There were 159 farms applying for support in the municipality and a total of approximately 8,050 ha of cultivated fields. Approximately a quarter of Karvia's farms are engaged in livestock production, the most common of which is dairy farming. In addition to fodder grass, the most common crops are fodder barley and oats.
