Projects & Practice

A project to allow small businesses in the agricultural and forestry sectors to incorporate innovation more efficiently.

‘Nos Oignons’ is an association that supported the preparation and implementation of three RDP funded projects that promote social farming in Wallonia.

RDP support helped a young entrepreneur to acquire the necessary equipment in order to start his own wood construction business in an area of high unemployment.

Supporting vulnerable people and facilitating their re-integration into society through small volunteer jobs on local farms.

A company that was focused on field crops diversified its activities by setting up a business incubator to boost the economic development of an area with high unemployment.

A family farm used LEADER support to build a new greenhouse that would provide optimum conditions for growing traditional varieties of Estonian roses.

A small rural business used RDP support to purchase new stone-cutting equipment in order to expand its range of products.

A start-up business in Finland used RDP financing to carry out a feasibility study which helped lower the risks in upscaling their production capacity of biocomposites.

An integrated project in Italy supported farmers to add value to the local production of wheat and wheat flour, and thus become more competitive.

A number of arable farms formed a consortium to explore the possibility of growing oleaginous crops and adding value to the local production.