Projects & Practice

Nature conservation in the Austrian Rural Development Programme

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Nature conservation
Countries:: Austria

Operation M10.1.19 focuses on result-oriented and focused Rural Development Programme (RDP) interventions to stabilise endangered habitats, species and plants and thus reverse the decline of biodiversity in Austria’s agricultural regions.

Organic farming in Austria

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Environmental sustainability, Organic farming
Countries:: Austria

The Organic farming measure in the Austrian Rural Development Programme (RDP) helps preserve and enhance biodiversity; establish nutrient cycles on farms and reduce input, while also increasing soil fertility.

Biodiversity-flower strips in Austria

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Sustainability
Countries:: Austria

Supporting this environmentally sound and biodiversity-promoting management action is one of the most successful operations of the Austrian Agri-Environmental-Climate Scheme.

Zagorin Hellas - Control by sexual confusion of pest Lepidoptera in apple orchards

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Producer groups
Countries:: Greece

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.

Supporting viticulture on steep slopes and terraces

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate change adaptation, Environmental protection, Family farming, Organic farming, Product quality
Countries:: Luxembourg

Granting a premium to support viticulture on steep slopes and terraced vineyards as a high-quality farming practice