Projects & Practice

VALENTINO LAND srl – building a hydroponic greenhouse for growing cherry tomatoes

Keywords:: Agriculture, Energy efficiency, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Job creation, Product quality, Rural business, Young farmers
Countries:: Romania

A young entrepreneur used RDP support to build a state-of-the-art greenhouse for growing cherry tomatoes, using an innovative hydroponic system.

Environmentally friendly development of a family farm

Keywords:: Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Environmental protection, Family farming, Organic farming, Product quality
Countries:: Hungary

A family farm used support from multiple Rural Development Programme (RDP) measures to ensure the farm’s viability and diversify towards a quality focused and profit-oriented business.

A young female farmer investing on mechanised agriculture

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Hungary

Switching from manual labour to mechanised work in order to make the business much more cost effective.

Restoring the habitats of the Aquatic Warbler

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Job creation, Protected areas
Countries:: Lithuania

Maintaining natural and semi-natural meadows and wetlands to ensure suitable nesting conditions for an endangered bird species: the Aquatic Warbler.

Construction of a cold-store facility by the Hanság-Fertőmenti Cooperative

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Market development, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Hungary

A fruit and vegetables producing cooperative used RDP support to expand its cold storage capacity in order to better respond to market trends.