Decrease text Increase text

RDP project database

New Agricultural Equipment Boosts Competitiveness of Baltic Buckwheat Farm

Summary

EAFRD support helped a buckwheat farm modernise its equipment and improve its productivity capacity in order to strengthen business competitiveness.

Background

Farm modernisation offers useful benefits as a development tool for rural economies, especially in transitional areas or sectors. Modern technologies can help increase productivity, improve yields, create cost savings and offer environmental benefits. Lithuania’s RDP acknowledges these benefits and provides support to encourage its agricultural sector to modernise as a way of sustaining and strengthening its competitiveness.

Objective

This farm modernisation project aimed to improve business competitiveness of the agricultural unit managed by Mr Modestas Baranauskas. His objectives included upscaling to take advantage of new production technologies in a way that drew on his existing agronomic knowledge. He wanted to reduce production costs, ensure his ability to supply high quality buckwheat and limit possible detrimental effects on the environment.

Main activities

The project helped to offset the costs of the farmer’s investment in modern equipment used for cultivating buckwheat.

Results & Benefits

This RDP project helped to improve productivity and so competitiveness at the Baranauskas farm.

Lessons learnt

RDP funds can be used well to help build the capacity of agri-businesses to develop and compete effectively.

Project location and other information

Alytus district, Ryliškės village, Raitininkų parish.

Region

Alytaus apskritis

RDP Territory

Lithuania

Total project cost (€)

68 005

EAFRD contribution (€)

33 669

National contribution (€)

22 462

Contact name

Modestas Baranauskas

Telephone

+370 612 59 984

Languages for contact

Lithuanian

At a glance

Country

Lithuania

Final beneficiary type

Individual farmers

Budget range

€20 000 - €99 999

Start date:

16/04/2010

End Date:

13/05/2011

Theme / Measure:

• Competitiveness of Agriculture & Forestry
• Restructuring, developing physical potential, and promoting innovation
• 121. Modernisation of agricultural holdings

Keywords:

Agricultural method, Machinery, Modernisation

Last update

23/02/2012