Projects & Practice

A young farmer undertook voluntary agri-environmental commitments to ensure that his land provides a sufficient habitat for overwintering migratory birds and other plants and animals.

This pan-Slovenian project is designed to combat the consequences of natural disasters that have affected forests across the country in the last six years. The project includes sustainable measures to restore damaged forests, adapting them to climate change, and is focused on areas that are under the greatest pressure. 
 

Offering support to maintain and possibly increase populations of specific rare breeds under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 of Ireland.
 

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

The project took nature-friendly vine cultivation on a family farm a step further to develop zero-waste processing methods that valorise all by-products of grapes in a sustainable and fully circular way. The resulting seeds, oil and flour have proved very popular with customers.

Planting new woodland under a scheme in a partnership between Forestry services, a local authority and the local community.

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.

Using RDP support to turn a farm into a nature reserve; contributing to tackling biodiversity loss.

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