An initiative to promote young farmers participation entrepreneurship and innovation
for sustainable rural areas
Projects & Practice

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.

A young female farmer used RDP support to develop a farm business that would provide her with sufficient income in order to become a full time farmer.

A family business, with a long-standing tradition of producing denim clothing, used support from the LEADER measure to establish a modern workshop and increase its share in domestic and international markets.

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.

LEADER support for an arts in education project that promotes gender quality among school children in rural areas.

A young female farmer used RDP support to set up a traditional backing oven and start selling organic bread in the local area.

A small group of young farmers started an initiative of collecting and sharing low tech on farm solutions, which then evolved into an digital open platform for disseminating innovations.

LEADER support helped establish a web school for local businesses providing them with the tools to better organise their work and market their services and products.

The PRIP project extended the national fibre-optic network in Lithuania to some of the remotest rural communities.