An initiative to promote young farmers participation entrepreneurship and innovation
for sustainable rural areas
Projects & Practice
A dedicated communications campaign to promote the launch of the Rural Development Programme (RDP) in Finland.
LINC stands for Leader Inspired Network Community, an initiative of Local Action Groups and Network Support Units.

Young people from Finland and Scotland came together to create a Youth Manifesto outlining ways in which local actors can engage young people in their activities.

SILTA supports entrepreneurship among young people by providing a cooperative structure through which they can grow their business ideas and receive training, mentoring and peer support.

A company producing rye gin and whiskey used RDP support to increase its production capacity to meet the demand of national and international markets.

On-farm processing can add value to the product and can also make farming a more attractive choice for young farmers - as demonstrated by a berry farm in Finland.

A project to give a voice to rural youth, to hear and publish their stories and to make them visible in society and its decision-making process.

A marketing project to promote the high-quality Finnish oats to the international market and increase the income of small farms.

A study financed by the Finnish RDP aimed to find new digital solutions for making reindeer husbandry a more efficient and profitable business.