Projects & Practice

A young farmer modernised his family’s farm located in a remote mountainous area

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Mountain area, Young farmers
Countries:: Slovenia

CAP funds for a young farmer support rural revitalisation in the Slovenian mountains

Establishment of a cheese workshop

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Hungary

Support for setting up young farmers and adding value to agricultural products in processing enabled a young entrepreneur to set up her own family business on producing artisanal dairy products.

ACCESS’R – making services accessible to populations in rural areas

Keywords:: Demography, LEADER/CLLD, Networking, Rural services
Countries:: France

The ACCESS’R project aimed at collecting and disseminating ideas on how to develop new services for people living in rural areas.

‘Development Direction’ & ‘Tradition and development’

Keywords:: Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Food & Drink, Networking, Product quality, Tourism, Women
Countries:: Poland

Organising conferences, workshops and a culinary contest in order to promote the sustainable development of rural areas, along with and the personal development of participating rural citizens.

Establishing poplar tree plantations for industrial use in Hungary

Keywords:: Climate change adaptation, Entrepreneurship, Forestry, Innovation, Renewable energy
Countries:: Hungary

Using Rural Development Programme (RDP) support to set up modern poplar plantations in response to the increasing demand from industry for high quality raw materials

RUSIMOVICI NEGOSLAV RAICO - Development and modernisation of a vegetable farm

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Direct marketing, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation
Countries:: Romania

Turning a subsistence family farm into a dynamic agri-business through modernization and adoption of affordable new equipment.

In the footsteps of the old flavours of Przeworsk county

Keywords:: Culture, Demography, Food & Drink, Local food, Market development, Product quality, Women, Youth
Countries:: Poland

A project that aimed to mobilise society, build inter-generational cooperation and promote the region’s culinary tradition as means to preserve its cultural heritage.

i9Rural - Technical Assistance and Transfer of Innovation for Forestry and Agriculture

Keywords:: Added value, Agriculture, Cooperation, Forestry, Innovation, Knowledge transfer, Networking
Countries:: Portugal

A project to allow small businesses in the agricultural and forestry sectors to incorporate innovation more efficiently.

AgroInov – Innovation in Rural areas

Keywords:: Added value, Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Knowledge transfer, Networking
Countries:: Portugal

The knowledge generated in research and innovation projects is hard to access, thus it is vital to create networks for knowledge transfer between production and research.

Investing in biodynamic agriculture

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Environmental sustainability, Family farming, Organic farming, Product quality
Countries:: Croatia

RDP support helped a family farm to generate added value by applying a sustainable model of production through biodynamic agriculture.