Projects & Practice

A biogas plant investment: From local farming to a new partnership in circular economy

Keywords:: Added value, Competitiveness, Energy efficiency, GHG & ammonia emissions, Irrigation, Rural business, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees
Countries:: Finland

Investment in a biogas plant allows for formation of a new partnership between local farmers and a food producer contributing to the circular economy.

Modernization of the Dary Natury company

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Product quality, Renewable energy, Rural business
Countries:: Poland

A herbal products company used CAP funds to modernise its production infrastructure and create new organic fruit and vegetable products.

Launching the production of goat milk products at the newly established dairy plant Kozłonoga in Klecin

Keywords:: Farm restructuring/modernisation, Organic farming, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Poland

CAP funds enabled an organic goats milk farm to enhance its market orientation by establishing a cheese production dairy.

District Dairy Cooperative in Czarnków – Investing in added value

Keywords:: Added value, Entrepreneurship, Environmental protection, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Producer groups, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Poland

CAP funds finance dairy development and product diversification in Poland.

'Lejascini’ – Construction of a primary processing facility for grain seeds

Keywords:: Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Product quality, Young farmers
Countries:: Latvia

A young farmer used RDP investment support for the construction of a facility for primary processing of grain seeds.

Kriksi farm – investing in agricultural machinery for harvesting animal feed

Keywords:: Agriculture, Energy efficiency, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Product quality
Countries:: Latvia

An organic cattle breeding family farm used RDP investment support to acquire machinery for the efficient harvest of high-quality animal feed.

Producing green energy from pig manure

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Animal welfare, Climate change adaptation, Competitiveness, Energy efficiency, Farm restructuring/modernisation, GHG & ammonia emissions
Countries:: Belgium

Developing a new and practical system to manage pig manure more efficiently, as a means to significantly reduce NH3 emissions and produce green energy.

Aardbeitrayveld - Elevated trays for strawberries

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees
Countries:: Belgium

Elevated growing trays and the automation of some management tasks has enabled strawberry production to be less reliant on external inputs and to re-use irrigation water.

Latvian organic cattle farm invests in eco-friendly machinery

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Environmental protection, Farm restructuring/modernisation
Countries:: Latvia

A family farm specialising in high quality beef cattle breeding used Rural Development Programme support to acquire new, cost-saving and more environmentally-friendly machinery.

Increasing the production capacity of the “Jaunpils Dairy” factory in Latvia

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Environmental protection, Job creation, Producer groups, Product quality, Rural business
Countries:: Latvia

In response to the changing global markets, a dairy used Rural Development Programme (RDP) support to reorient its production and maintain its export potential.