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.

Martina Tomšíčková’s goat farm – Processing organic goat milk

Keywords:: Diversification, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Organic farming, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Czech Republic

CAP funds in Czechia support organic family farm diversification into goat cheese.

CAP-funded farm advisory services help modernise Madrid’s regional agricultural sector

Keywords:: Advisory services, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Knowledge transfer, Sustainability, Young farmers
Countries:: Spain

New advisory services help modernise Madrid’s regional agricultural sector.

A lavender and herb farm creates employment for people with disabilities

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Job creation, Organic farming, Social inclusion, Young farmers
Countries:: Czech Republic

A young farmer with reduced mobility used support from the Rural Development Programme (RDP) to expand his organic lavender farm and create jobs for people with disabilities.

Training and awareness raising on forestry

Keywords:: Climate change adaptation, Environmental protection, Forestry, Natural resources, Nature conservation
Countries:: Spain

Rural Development Programme (RDP) support enabled the reforestation of land and ornamental public spaces with native forest species, while promoting environmental awareness, education and training.

The ‘MAJNIKA’ herb garden and farm, Slovenia

Keywords:: Agriculture, Family farming, Organic farming, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Slovenia

A young farmer created a new business model that combines organic farming and environmental protection with job creation and socially inclusive educational services.

Michaela Hlubková - a dairy farm start-up

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Entrepreneurship, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Czech Republic

A young female farmer used RDP support to develop her goat dairy farm into a dairy and become a major supplier of dairy products domestically and abroad.

Åsbo Gård – using biogas to produce electricity and heating

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Climate change adaptation, Energy efficiency, Environmental sustainability, Family farming, GHG & ammonia emissions, Renewable energy
Countries:: Sweden

A dairy family farm in Sweden invested in a biogas powered generator and a storage facility for substrates in order to become self-sufficient through the use of green energy.

Klimatkollen i Greppa Näringen – Sweden offers farmers free tailored advice on climate change

Keywords:: Advisory services, Agriculture, Climate, GHG & ammonia emissions, Information & promotion activities, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees
Countries:: Sweden

Targeted advice on climate mitigation actions for individual farms provides farmers with consultant support to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Diversification to non-agricultural activities on the farm Abraham

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Rural business
Countries:: Czech Republic

A diversified farm with a carpentry workshop, used RDP support to acquire a telescopic handler in order to improve its productivity.