Projects & Practice

Diversifying a young female farmer’s income by investing in farm tourism

Keywords:: Agriculture, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Tourism, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Italy

A young female farmer decided to renovated an old building on the family farm and offer accommodation for tourists.

Diversifying a farm’s income by investing in agro-tourism

Keywords:: Agriculture, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Tourism
Countries:: Italy

A family farm decided to diversify and supplement its income by investing in agri-tourism.

‘Darzini-2’ – modernisation of a farm specialised in floriculture

Keywords:: Agriculture, Bioeconomy, Competitiveness, Diversification, Farm restructuring/modernisation
Countries:: Latvia

A farm producing flowers used RDP support to purchase new equipment and a tractor, thus achieving its goal to enhance and diversify its production.

‘Trubenieki’ farm – Developing a mushroom farm through a niche product & diversification

Keywords:: Agriculture, Diversification, Innovation, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Tourism
Countries:: Latvia

An ambitious young farmer used RDP support to create a new niche product and a touristic attraction out of his produce of mushrooms that were not suitable for the market.

Terre & comuni

Keywords:: LEADER/CLLD, Migrants, Social inclusion
Countries:: Italy

In a rural area that is rather disadvantaged and in risk of abandonment, EAFRD and ESF support were combined in a project for the integration of migrants through work training.

Introducing new machinery and market innovations on Eberlin's Apiary

Keywords:: Added value, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Latvia

A young beekeeping entrepreneur used LEADER support to buy new and innovative equipment for honey production. This enabled him to make the production process less labour-intensive and develop a new range of products.