Projects & Practice

Medved Farm – Investing in soil conservation practices

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate change adaptation, Competitiveness, Energy efficiency, Environmental sustainability, Sustainability
Countries:: Slovenia

A family farm invested in soil conservation practices to increase its capacity to store water and its microbial biomass activity.

Nature conservation in the Austrian Rural Development Programme

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Nature conservation
Countries:: Austria

Operation M10.1.19 focuses on result-oriented and focused Rural Development Programme (RDP) interventions to stabilise endangered habitats, species and plants and thus reverse the decline of biodiversity in Austria’s agricultural regions.

Biodiversity-flower strips in Austria

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Sustainability
Countries:: Austria

Supporting this environmentally sound and biodiversity-promoting management action is one of the most successful operations of the Austrian Agri-Environmental-Climate Scheme.

Zagorin Hellas - Control by sexual confusion of pest Lepidoptera in apple orchards

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Producer groups
Countries:: Greece

A cooperative of apple producers set up a joint effort among its members to control the codling moth, a major pest, by means of sexual confusion.

Agri-environmental measures delivering environmental and economic win-win

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Bioeconomy, Competitiveness, Environmental protection, Mountain area, Soil management, Water management
Countries:: Spain

A project that demonstrates how agri-environment support can significantly help the protection of the environment while also increasing the profitability of a farm.

Herdade do Esporão – Water use efficiency in quality grapes production

Keywords:: Agriculture, Environmental protection, Irrigation, Organic farming, Water management
Countries:: Portugal

A company that produces wine and olive oil developed a strategy to improve its water use efficiency and receives AECM support for its water-saving agricultural good practices.