Projects & Practice

Total results: 11.

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.

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.
 

Setting up a modern seed processing complex

Keywords: 
Added value, Agriculture, Competitiveness, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Producer groups, Product quality
Countries: 
Latvia

A dynamic agricultural cooperative used Rural Development Programme support for the setting up of a modern seed processing facility in order to enhance its competitiveness.

Future-proof peat meadow polder ‘Lange Weide’

Keywords: 
Animal husbandry, Irrigation, Producer groups, Sustainability, Water management
Countries: 
The Netherlands

The future-proof peat meadow polder ‘Lange Weide’, is unique bottom-up initiative and the largest submerged drainage project in the Netherlands.

Booij & Brandwijk cheese development

Keywords: 
Added value, Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Product quality
Countries: 
The Netherlands

A cheese-producing farm used RDP support to set up a new plant for producing speciality cheeses and ensure its long-term financial sustainability.

Land Consolidation in St. Martin Wingertsberg’s vineyards

Keywords: 
Agriculture, Environmental protection, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Protected areas, Sustainability, Tourism
Countries: 
Germany

A land consolidation project helped restore the functionality of vineyard terraces and thus maintained a landscape which is a habitat of rare species.

Farmers of Amstel

Keywords: 
Animal husbandry, Biodiversity, Competitiveness, Cooperation, Entrepreneurship, Environmental sustainability, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Producer groups, Product quality
Countries: 
The Netherlands

Amstelland Natuurzuivel is a cooperative of farmers in the Amstelland region who set up a milk factory to produce regional dairy products for the Amsterdam area.

Piloting the ‘Stable of the Future’ for the pig farming sector

Keywords: 
Animal husbandry, Animal welfare, Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation, GHG & ammonia emissions
Countries: 
The Netherlands

A pilot project to create an innovative pig farm based on the principle of processing fresh manure to minimise GHG emissions and increase the farm’s profitability.

SIA - “Positive Foods”

Keywords: 
Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Rural SMEs, Women
Countries: 
Latvia

RDP support enabled a home-based business that sells quality vegetarian food products to increase its production capacity and reach out to an international market.

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