Projects & Practice

EIP-AGRI Operational Group: Farmers4Safety – Managing Risk Together Project

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Innovation, Knowledge transfer, Social inclusion
Countries:: Ireland

CAP support in Ireland improves farm safety and wellbeing of agricultural workers.

ECOCIRPLAS 2020. – Developing a new process for the management of agricultural plastics

Keywords:: Agriculture, Bioeconomy, Climate change adaptation, Cooperation, Environmental protection
Countries:: Spain

CAP cooperation project pioneers the potential for re-using agricultural plastic waste in Spain.

SYNECO – Recovering value from pig and cow slurry to promote environmental synergies

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Environmental protection, Environmental sustainability, GHG & ammonia emissions, Producer groups
Countries:: Malta

CAP support funded a research project concerning the recycling of manure nutrients as fertiliser in Malta.

Arbocus Ltd - Purchase of forestry machinery

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Forestry, Job creation, Rural business
Countries:: Hungary

EAFRD-funded modernisation investment for a forestry company in south-western Hungary.

András Family Farm - expanding the production capacity of a pig farm

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD
Countries:: Hungary

A young farmer used support from the Hungarian Rural Development Programme (RDP) to expand the production capacity of his farm and respond to the increasing market demand for his pork products.

COVID19: the 'Work Harvest' website for job placement in the agricultural sector

Keywords:: Agriculture, Information & promotion activities, Job creation
Countries:: Hungary

In response to the COVID-19 crisis, a website was set up under Rural Development Programme Technical Assistance to help match agricultural companies with jobseekers

Investing in new forestry machinery

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Forestry, Rural business, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Slovenia

A small family forestry business used RDP support to acquire new machinery that would enable it to respond to the increasing demand for forest services.

It happens in Loco – Alto Minho Mountain

Keywords:: Cooperation, Entrepreneurship, Information & promotion activities, Innovation, Knowledge transfer, Mountain area
Countries:: Portugal

A Technical Assistance project about empowering local and regional actors to work more effectively with rural communities in order to revitalise these areas.

Pilot Project on Circular Bioeconomy - Spain

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Cooperation, Energy efficiency, Job creation, Knowledge transfer, Renewable energy
Countries:: Spain

The project has enabled the living-lab, Josenea which is focused on organic farming, to collect bio-waste from neighbours and transform it into compost to fertilise their crops, with environmental, economic and social benefits.

Positive Agritude - a rural network for the social rehabilitation of vulnerable people

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Rural services
Countries:: Belgium

Supporting vulnerable people and facilitating their re-integration into society through small volunteer jobs on local farms.