Projects & Practice

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.

Alvesta Biogas – expanding its production capacity

Keywords:: Agriculture, Climate change adaptation, Environmental sustainability, Renewable energy
Countries:: Sweden

Support from the rural development programme was used to buy new machinery and expand the production capacity of a biogas plant.

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.

VÅTMARK KYLINGE – Creating a wetland to tackle eutrophication

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate change adaptation, Water management
Countries:: Sweden

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

Water preservation project ‘AQUABRAVA’

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Climate change adaptation, Cooperation, Water management
Countries:: Sweden

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.

Reconstruction of the Averlosche Leide canal

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Water management
Countries:: The Netherlands

A canal stream was reconstructed to get extra water storage capacity and to improve the water quality and biodiversity in the surrounding area.