Projects & Practice

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

Setting up an anti-hail system over a newly planted orchard of cherry trees, in order to mitigate the impact of climate change over agricultural production. 

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

Adjustments to water management and remedial measures help to preserve protected areas and conserve the landscape of the Western Langstraat.

An agricultural business affected by extreme weather conditions used RDP support to repair the damage to its infrastructure and enable it to operate as normal.

A project to support demining of agricultural land in war-affected areas of Croatia.

A young female farmer in Italy received RDP support to convert to organic fruit production.

The creation of wetlands in the agricultural landscape can contribute in decreasing the leakage of nutrients into water bodies.

Cooperation on a pilot project that could provide a more viable and sustainable alternative to manage river banks.

This LEADER-funded project created several small wetlands and helped raise awareness of and interest in water protection among landowners. It also contributed to increasing the amount of available water in the island of Gotland.