Projects & Practice

Improving the accessibility for visitors to a restored nature reserve

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Protected areas, Tourism, Water management
Countries:: Sweden

Support from the Swedish Rural Development Programme helped improve accessibility for visitors in a restored municipal nature reserve.

Implementing organic agriculture in Sardinia

Keywords:: Added value, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Competitiveness, Environmental sustainability, Family farming, GHG & ammonia emissions, Organic farming
Countries:: Italy

A Sardinian agricultural company applied for RDP support in order to maintain its organic agriculture production systems.

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.

IRRINATE - IRRIFRAME Sustainable irrigation management

Keywords:: Agriculture, Irrigation, Water management
Countries:: Italy

IRRIFRAME is an expert system for irrigation backed by the results of more than 50 years of research on plant/water relations and sustainable irrigation management.

Restoring and adding value to an abandoned cork plantation

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Forestry, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Italy

A cork producing business confronted high production costs due to increasing cost of raw materials. To tackle this the company used EAFRD support to restore its own forest and improve its productivity.