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

A project that supports the integration of young immigrants into Swedish society and is organised by young immigrants themselves.

A newspaper offered training and mentoring, so that local people could become correspondents and give visibility to the daily life of small rural communities.

A company that produces ice-cider in northern Sweden, combined RDP support and crowdfunding to plant an apple orchard that would support its production needs.

The creation of wetlands in the agricultural landscape can contribute in decreasing the leakage of nutrients into water bodies.

This LEADER-funded project created several small wetlands and helped raise awareness of and interest in water protection among landowners. It also contributed to increasing the amount of available water in the island of Gotland.