Projects & Practice

The Greek Red Cow Breed Kastorias - Kristallopigis

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Animal welfare, Biodiversity, Mountain area, Nature conservation, Young farmers
Countries:: Greece

project focusing on the protection and promotion of a breed of cattle specific to Western Macedonia, the Greek Red Kastoria-Kristalopigi cow.

Company succession in the hotel and hospitality sector in the Northern Eifel region

Keywords:: Demography, Entrepreneurship, LEADER/CLLD, Rural business, Tourism
Countries:: Germany

An initiative to sensitise companies in the Northern Eifel region to the problem of management succession at an early stage.

Setting up a renewable energy visitor centre in Feldheim – Germany

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Climate change adaptation, Energy efficiency, LEADER/CLLD, Renewable energy
Countries:: Germany

RDP funding helped convert a disused building into an inspiring renewable energy visitor centre in Feldheim – Germany’s first village to be supplied with 100 % renewable energy.

Conservation of natural heritage - Biodiversity and wood fuel

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Bioeconomy, Climate change adaptation, Protected areas, Renewable energy
Countries:: Germany

Testing the transferability of landscape management to other Natura 2000 sites.

Expansion and modernisation of a model unit for dairy products

Keywords:: Added value, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Food & Drink, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Rural business
Countries:: Greece

A dairy company used EAFRD to finance its investment on the production of probiotic fermented products of top quality and high nutritional value (kefir).