Projects & Practice

Total results: 8.

A lavender and herb farm creates employment for people with disabilities

Keywords: 
Agriculture, Competitiveness, Job creation, Organic farming, Social inclusion, Young farmers
Countries: 
Czech Republic

A young farmer with reduced mobility used support from the Rural Development Programme (RDP) to expand his organic lavender farm and create jobs for people with disabilities. 

Michaela Hlubková - a dairy farm start-up

Keywords: 
Animal husbandry, Entrepreneurship, Women, Young farmers
Countries: 
Czech Republic

A young female farmer used RDP support to develop her goat dairy farm into a dairy and become a major supplier of dairy products domestically and abroad.

Littles Ltd. – Setting up a new production line

Keywords: 
Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Product quality, Rural business, Sustainability
Countries: 
United Kingdom

A family business, trading high quality instant coffee, used EAFRD support to expand its business by installing a new more efficient production line.

Diversification to non-agricultural activities on the farm Abraham

Keywords: 
Competitiveness, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Rural business
Countries: 
Czech Republic

A diversified farm with a carpentry workshop, used RDP support to acquire a telescopic handler in order to improve its productivity.

La Tournerie - 11 young agronomists starting up together in agriculture

Keywords: 
Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Job creation, Organic farming, Young farmers
Countries: 
France

A group of young agronomists combined RDP support with innovative financial solutions like crowdfunding to develop a self-sufficient farm growing local, quality organic products.