Projects & Practice

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.

Short supply chain success stories catalysed by COVID-19 crises in Spanish islands

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Direct marketing, Financial Instruments, Local food, RDPs, Short supply chains & local markets, Stakeholder involvement
Countries:: Spain

Short supply chain success stories catalysed by COVID-19 crises in Spanish islands.

Agri-food sector integration of small-scale producers through information and training

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Information & promotion activities, Market development, Producer groups, Short supply chains & local markets, Women
Countries:: Spain

A knowledge sharing programme initiated by a cooperative to improve the position of small producers in the value chain.

Implementation of quality certification in tomato production

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Producer groups, Product quality
Countries:: Spain

A cooperative in Spain implemented a quality certification programme for tomato crops, aiming to increase the added value of the product, while being committed to promote safe and sustainable production processes.

Madrid-KmRegion – Strengthening the food chain and short distribution channels

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Direct marketing, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Short supply chains & local markets, Young farmers
Countries:: Spain

An EIP Operational Group was set up to strengthen the food chain and create short distribution channels for small and medium farms in the Madrid region.

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.

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.

Sobrarbe, Autochthonous and Sustainable beef production

Keywords:: Added value, Climate change adaptation, Cooperation, Information & promotion activities, Product quality
Countries:: Spain

A cooperation project to promote the consumption of locally produced beef and create economic and environmental benefits.

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.

APPVID – Grapevine diseases management

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), Innovation
Countries:: Spain

A collaborative system of precision viticulture enabling farmers to have online real time information about the health of the vineyards and make more targeted phytosanitary interventions.