Projects & Practice

Restoring dry stone walls and planting olive trees for soil conservation in Malta

Keywords:: Agriculture, Family farming, Organic farming, Soil management, Sustainability, Young farmers
Countries:: Malta

An organic farm used CAP funding to mitigate soil erosion and enhance biodiversity by restoring traditional dry stone walls and planting new olive trees.

Korjuse-Vanapere farm – Restoring old stone walls

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Environmental sustainability
Countries:: Estonia

A non-productive investment for restoring farm stone walls brings multiple practical, environmental and heritage benefits.

Building dry stone walls in the Balearic Islands

Keywords:: Agriculture, Climate change adaptation, Environmental protection, Family farming, Natural resources, Young farmers
Countries:: Spain

A young farmer received RDP support to build stone wall terraces, helping him to improve the farm’s productivity, while protecting its soil from erosion.

Biomass in the Haarloseveld and Olden Eibergen - Organic food for thought

Keywords:: Agriculture, Environmental protection, Environmental sustainability, Soil management
Countries:: The Netherlands

Incorporating locally available biomass into the soil, as a mean to increase its content in organic matter in the long term.