Projects & Practice

Start-up aid for young farmers – Farma pod Radhoštěm s.r.o.

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Family farming, Product quality, Sustainability, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Czech Republic

Czech young farmer modernises her small farm’s production of artisan wool.

Protecting and enhancing salt marshes and reed beds along the Shannon estuary

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Young farmers
Countries:: Ireland

A young farmer undertook voluntary agri-environmental commitments to ensure that his land provides a sufficient habitat for overwintering migratory birds and other plants and animals.

“Fro de Bauer” / “Ask the farmer”

Keywords:: Agriculture, Information & promotion activities, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD, Sustainability
Countries:: Luxembourg

An EAFRD funded awareness raising LEADER project to address the increasing knowledge gap in society about agricultural production systems and the shrinking appreciation for foodstuffs.

Water Biodiversity Training Programme for Duhallow Communities

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Knowledge transfer, LEADER/CLLD, Water management
Countries:: Ireland

Building the capacity of rural communities to protect water biodiversity in Ireland.

Cavan Communities 4 Climate Action

Keywords:: Climate change adaptation, Knowledge transfer, LEADER/CLLD, Sustainability
Countries:: Ireland

Irish LEADER funds raise community awareness about tackling climate change challenges.

Broadband 4 Our Community

Keywords:: Broadband, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), LEADER/CLLD, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees
Countries:: Ireland

Building a community-owned and future-proofed digital infrastructure.

Living Museums

Keywords:: Digitisation, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), Inter-territorial/Transnational cooperation, LEADER/CLLD, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees, Rural services
Countries:: Czech Republic, Spain

SMART technology to keep rural heritage alive.

Arbocus Ltd - Purchase of forestry machinery

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Forestry, Job creation, Rural business
Countries:: Hungary

EAFRD-funded modernisation investment for a forestry company in south-western Hungary.

Establishment of a chinchilla farm

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Renewable energy, Short supply chains & local markets, Women
Countries:: Hungary

A farmer used CAP funding to start a new chinchilla breeding activity using renewable energy.

Agárdi Csóbor Ltd - expanding the production capacity of a family-owned winery

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Renewable energy
Countries:: Hungary

A family-owned winery used support from the Hungarian Rural Development Programme (RDP) to increase its production capacity and improve its energy efficiency.