Projects & Practice

Šalek Valley Agricultural Cooperative – producing organic beef & apples

Keywords:: Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Organic farming, Producer groups, Product quality
Countries:: Slovenia

An agricultural cooperative invested in setting up organic apple orchards with anti-hail nets. They also acquired agricultural machinery to support the production of organic beef.

Expanding the visitor centre on a hazelnut farm

Keywords:: Added value, Diversification, Job creation
Countries:: France

A French hazelnut farm used EAFRD support to develop a visitor centre, helping boost direct sales and educate citizens on hazelnut production and processing.

Improving rural health services for the elderly

Keywords:: Healthcare, Job creation, Social services
Countries:: France

Local authorities in France’s Midi-Pyrénées region used EAFRD funding to develop a medical centre to improve the quality of health services particularly for the elderly.

Oyster mushrooms production using processed wheat straw

Keywords:: Agriculture, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Producer groups
Countries:: Romania

Given that compost for growing oyster mushrooms was not produced in Romania and had to be imported, a group of farmers used EAFRD to build a plant for producing compost using their own wheat straw.

Adding value to the traditional local produce of Pomurje

Keywords:: Added value, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Slovenia

The Kodila meat processing company used EAFRD funds to invest in new equipment in order to enhance the quality of its PDO ham and increase its production volumes.