Projects & Practice

EIP-AGRI Operational Group: Farmers4Safety – Managing Risk Together Project

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Innovation, Knowledge transfer, Social inclusion
Countries:: Ireland

CAP support in Ireland improves farm safety and wellbeing of agricultural workers.

"Lernort Bauernhof" – the farm as a place of learning

Keywords:: Agriculture, Knowledge transfer, Local food, Product quality
Countries:: Germany

A CAP-funded educational programme raises awareness about agriculture among school students and creates a new income stream for farms as providers of educational services.

Setting-up of wooden toy manufacturing workshop in rural Romania

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Product quality, Rural business
Countries:: Romania

EAFRD support enabled a pair of entrepreneurs to harness their experience to establish a wooden toy manufacturing business, stimulating diversified economic activity and creating jobs in a rural area.

“Clean yard, clean ditch. This is how you do it’’

Keywords:: Agriculture, Communication, Environmental sustainability, Information & promotion activities, Knowledge transfer, Water management
Countries:: The Netherlands

A CAP-funded knowledge-sharing project to help farmers reduce agricultural pollution and improve water quality.

’World wise with the Dutch Mushroom’

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Cooperation, Innovation, Knowledge transfer, Market development, Short supply chains & local markets, Stakeholder involvement
Countries:: The Netherlands

A CAP-funded knowledge transfer project targeting mushrooms producers in the Netherlands.

“Come to our yard’’

Keywords:: Agriculture, Information & promotion activities, Knowledge transfer, Local food, Market development, Organic farming, Short supply chains & local markets, Sustainability
Countries:: The Netherlands

A CAP-funded knowledge sharing project to promote direct marketing and to bridge the gap between producers and consumers in the Netherlands.

Knowledge transfer DAW Alblasserwaard Vijfheerenlanden

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Cooperation, Environmental protection, Knowledge transfer, Natural resources, Producer groups, Water management
Countries:: The Netherlands

A knowledge transfer project to raise dairy farmers’ awareness about reducing nutrient leaching and run-off in order to improve water quality.

Agri-food sector integration of small-scale producers through information and training

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Information & promotion activities, Market development, Producer groups, Short supply chains & local markets, Women
Countries:: Spain

A knowledge sharing programme initiated by a cooperative to improve the position of small producers in the value chain.

Arbocus Ltd - Purchase of forestry machinery

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Forestry, Job creation, Rural business
Countries:: Hungary

EAFRD-funded modernisation investment for a forestry company in south-western Hungary.

András Family Farm - expanding the production capacity of a pig farm

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD
Countries:: Hungary

A young farmer used support from the Hungarian Rural Development Programme (RDP) to expand the production capacity of his farm and respond to the increasing market demand for his pork products.