Projects & Practice

Tomar Natural - artisanal spirulina production

Keywords:: Added value, Innovation, Market development, Product quality, Rural business, Young farmers
Countries:: Portugal

A producer of artisanal Spirulina used CAP support to differentiate and promote his artisanal product in the Portuguese market.

Martina Tomšíčková’s goat farm – Processing organic goat milk

Keywords:: Diversification, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Organic farming, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Czech Republic

CAP funds in Czechia support organic family farm diversification into goat cheese.

CAP-funded cooperation catalyses more and better organic production in Tuscany

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Innovation, Market development, Organic farming, Product quality, Water management
Countries:: Italy

CAP-funded cooperation catalyses more and better organic production in Tuscany.

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.

Regadio de Precisão – Precision Irrigation

Keywords:: Agriculture, Climate change adaptation, Cooperation, Irrigation, Natural resources, Water management
Countries:: Portugal

An EIP-AGRI Operational Group was set up to develop new agronomic tools that will enable farmers to use pivot irrigation more efficiently.

Koronya Horticulture – developing a start-up business in horticulture

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Direct marketing, Entrepreneurship, Rural business, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Hungary

A female entrepreneur used Rural Development Programme (RDP) support for young farmers to grow her business of producing herbs and container ornamental plants.

Setting up a hail protection system on a cherry orchard

Keywords:: Agriculture, Climate change adaptation, Producer groups, Product quality, Risk management
Countries:: Italy

Setting up an anti-hail system over a newly planted orchard of cherry trees, in order to mitigate the impact of climate change over agricultural production.

Pepe Aromas – Producing organic prickly pears

Keywords:: Added value, Agriculture, Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Environmental protection, Innovation, Market development, Organic farming
Countries:: Portugal

A unique example of a rural business which achieved economic profitability based on innovation and environmentally-friendly practices.

TULARU’ – Energy, Food and cultures

Keywords:: Agriculture, Culture, Job creation, Local food, Organic farming, Short supply chains & local markets, Young farmers
Countries:: Italy

Tularù is an organic and multi-functional closed-cycle farm born that began life as a centre for sustainable production. It offers an alternative approach to solving current environmental, social and economic issues for farms.

Repairing damage caused by extreme weather conditions on an agricultural business

Keywords:: Agriculture, Climate change adaptation, Risk management
Countries:: Italy

An agricultural business affected by extreme weather conditions used RDP support to repair the damage to its infrastructure and enable it to operate as normal.