Projects & Practice

A new value-chain for the promotion of organic production from arable crops in the Marche region of Italy

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Organic farming, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets, Stakeholder involvement
Countries:: Italy

Italian farmers join forces in new organics value chain.

Launching the production of goat milk products at the newly established dairy plant Kozłonoga in Klecin

Keywords:: Farm restructuring/modernisation, Organic farming, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Poland

CAP funds enabled an organic goats milk farm to enhance its market orientation by establishing a cheese production dairy.

District Dairy Cooperative in Czarnków – Investing in added value

Keywords:: Added value, Entrepreneurship, Environmental protection, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Producer groups, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Poland

CAP funds finance dairy development and product diversification in Poland.

Péter Kis farm – construction of a storage building with cooling technology

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Organic farming
Countries:: Hungary

A producer of organic arable crops used investment support from the Hungarian Rural Development Programme (RDP) to build an innovative storage facility and increase the competitiveness of his farm.

Construction of a sorghum mill

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Product quality
Countries:: Hungary

A family business focused on Sorghum cultivation used EAFRD support to set up their own mill and now supply high quality, gluten free Sorghum flour to the Hungarian market.

Slaughtering and processing on farm to obtain high quality organic lamb meat

Keywords:: Added value, Animal husbandry, Direct marketing, Organic farming, Producer groups, Product quality
Countries:: Slovenia

Setting up a slaughterhouse on-site helped the beneficiary and other nearby organic lamb breeders to increase their profitability through direct marketing.

Pecivarne Liptovsky Hradok Ltd. – Confectionary manufacturer invests in modern production equipment

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Product quality, Rural business
Countries:: Slovakia

A Slovakian company with a long history of manufacturing confectionery products benefited from Rural Development Programme support to modernise its equipment and production processes.

Caseificio Val d'Aveto – Investing to sustain the local supply chain

Keywords:: Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Market development, Mountain area, Product quality, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Italy

A dairy company used RDP support to build a new wing on its factory in order to increase its production capacity. This investment strengthened the local supply chains and helps prevent the abandonment of the farming activity in the area.

Setting up an environmentally friendly fruit juice production plant

Keywords:: Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Job creation, Product quality, Renewable energy
Countries:: Hungary

Setting up a fruit juice processing plant that operates with renewable energy.

Introducing a new technology for innovative processing of soybean

Keywords:: Agriculture, Bioeconomy, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Job creation, Product quality
Countries:: Slovakia

Support from the rural development programme was used to establish an innovative production of GMO-free soybean oil products of superior quality.