Projects & Practice

Sylva Nurseries: Grading machine for forest and hedging plants

Keywords:: Digitisation, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Forestry, Rural business, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees
Countries:: Belgium

CAP funds help develop an innovative forest and hedging plant grading machine.

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.

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.

‘MaasDigiboksi’ - Rural transport and mobility

Keywords:: Information & promotion activities, Knowledge transfer, Rural services, Sustainability
Countries:: Finland

Mobilising rural awareness in Finland about sustainable transport opportunities

The use of renewable energy to improve air quality

Keywords:: Education & lifelong learning, Energy efficiency, Environmental protection, Information & promotion activities, Rural services, Sustainability, Vocational training & skills acquisition
Countries:: Poland

A project that promotes the use of renewable energy to improve air quality through training and awareness raising.

IlmastoAreena – Climate Arena

Keywords:: Climate, Cooperation, Environmental sustainability, Information & promotion activities
Countries:: Finland

The IlmastoAreena is a unique platform aiming to bring together all stakeholders, including rural citizens, in the discussions for solutions to climate change.

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.

Härkis Ltd. – Setting up a factory to process Fava Beans

Keywords:: Added value, Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Market development, Product quality
Countries:: Finland

The construction of a new production facility to process minced fava beans and to take advantage of the market shift from meat to plant-based protein foods.

Kulota - Controlled forest burning

Keywords:: Advisory services, Environmental sustainability, Forestry, Information & promotion activities, Nature conservation, Sustainability
Countries:: Finland

Reintroducing the traditional practice of controlled forest burning, as means to promote biodiversity and create new business opportunities in the forestry sector.