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Projects & Practice

Total results: 22.

Upgrading a sheep farm and opening of Farm Shop by a Maltese young farmer

Keywords:: Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Direct marketing, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Product quality, Young farmers
Countries:: Malta

A Maltese young farmer took over his father’s sheep farm in order to preserve local traditions, whilst incorporating new and innovative ideas in the production and marketing process.

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.

Caseificio Val d'Aveto – Investing to sustain the local supply chain

Keywords:: Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Market development, Mountain area, Product quality, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Italy

A dairy company used RDP support to build a new wing on its factory in order to increase its production capacity. This investment strengthened the local supply chains and helps prevent the abandonment of the farming activity in the area.

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.

Investing on intensive and yet sustainable farming

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Farm restructuring/modernisation, GHG & ammonia emissions, Renewable energy
Countries:: Italy

A family farm invested in a biogas plant to produce renewable energy while also purchasing a new tomato harvester to improve the farm’s overall income.

Acquisition of equipment for selling quality meat products

Keywords:: Food & Drink, Job creation, Local food, Rural business
Countries:: Estonia

A small family factory used RDP support to equip its new store, which sells its high-quality meat products.

INNOVAPANE – Innovative practices to produce Tuscan bread with natural yeast

Keywords:: Agriculture, Bioeconomy, Competitiveness, Cooperation, Innovation, Producer groups, Product quality
Countries:: Italy

An integrated project in Italy supported farmers to add value to the local production of wheat and wheat flour, and thus become more competitive.

IMES-SEMI - Adding value to seed oil production by introducing innovative solutions

Keywords:: Agriculture, Bioeconomy, Cooperation, Innovation, Producer groups, Product quality
Countries:: Italy

A number of arable farms formed a consortium to explore the possibility of growing oleaginous crops and adding value to the local production.

Potplant project

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Producer groups
Countries:: Italy

Rural businesses and native flora receive boost from demand-led research project

IVO – Improving olive oil quality

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Cooperation, Innovation, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Italy

An olive oil mill enterprise in collaboration with a university, the regional chamber of commerce, machinery companies, and others, created a partnership to test an innovative filtering prototype for olive oil production.