Projects & Practice

Improving animal welfare in a Sardinian farm

Keywords:: Added value, Advisory services, Animal husbandry, Animal welfare
Countries:: Italy

A livestock farmer received training and undertook a consultation to find out how to improve animal welfare on his farm.

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.

Optimising catch crops in arable farming in Austria

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Environmental sustainability, Soil management
Countries:: Austria

Set up an operational group to test different practices for optimal catch crop management and assess their efficiency in reducing nitrogen and carbon emissions.

Efficiency Check - Herd management tool for animal welfare

Keywords:: Advisory services, Animal husbandry, Animal welfare, Cooperation, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), Innovation
Countries:: Austria

Developing a herd management tool to optimise efficiency and animal welfare on dairy farms.

Fair trade economic district in Lombardy

Keywords:: Environmental protection, Inter-territorial/Transnational cooperation, LEADER/CLLD, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Italy

Seven LAGs in the Lombardy region cooperated to create the 'Fair trade economic district', which is an innovative development model to promote economic and cultural growth in rural areas.