Projects & Practice

Case Study: Start-up courses designed specifically for new entrants

Keywords:: Agriculture, Knowledge transfer, Methodological examples, Vocational training & skills acquisition, Young farmers
Countries:: Belgium

Start-up courses designed specifically for new entrants to farming ensure a strong grounding in both agricultural and business principles in the Flanders region of Belgium.

Tiges et chavées - Sustainable management of private forests

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Market development, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees, Tourism
Countries:: Belgium

Promoting the sustainable management of small, privately owned forests. This is the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'LEADER' category.

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.

Installing a small-scale anaerobic digester to produce green energy

Keywords:: Agriculture, Bioeconomy, Energy efficiency, GHG & ammonia emissions, Renewable energy
Countries:: Belgium

A dairy farm in Wallonia invested in renewable energy production from manure and produced milk using a more environmental friendly process.

The Innovation Route of the Walloon rural development network

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Innovation, Stakeholder involvement
Countries:: Belgium

An educational peer-to-peer programme for farmers that are engaged into innovative practices, facilitated through participative techniques and scientific expertise.