Projects & Practice

CAP-funded cooperation catalyses more and better organic production in Tuscany

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Innovation, Market development, Organic farming, Product quality, Water management
Countries:: Italy

CAP-funded cooperation catalyses more and better organic production in Tuscany.

Regadio de Precisão – Precision Irrigation

Keywords:: Agriculture, Climate change adaptation, Cooperation, Irrigation, Natural resources, Water management
Countries:: Portugal

An EIP-AGRI Operational Group was set up to develop new agronomic tools that will enable farmers to use pivot irrigation more efficiently.

Agronomic techniques for the reduction of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in organic farming

Keywords:: Climate change adaptation, Cooperation, Environmental sustainability, GHG & ammonia emissions, Innovation, Organic farming
Countries:: Italy

An EIP AGRI operational group was set up in Emilia Romagna to identify agronomic techniques that contribute to the reduction of Green House Gas (GHG) emissions in organic farming.

Investing on intensive and yet sustainable farming

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Farm restructuring/modernisation, GHG & ammonia emissions, Renewable energy
Countries:: Italy

A family farm invested in a biogas plant to produce renewable energy while also purchasing a new tomato harvester to improve the farm’s overall income.

Herdade do Esporão – Water use efficiency in quality grapes production

Keywords:: Agriculture, Environmental protection, Irrigation, Organic farming, Water management
Countries:: Portugal

A company that produces wine and olive oil developed a strategy to improve its water use efficiency and receives AECM support for its water-saving agricultural good practices.

IRRINATE - IRRIFRAME Sustainable irrigation management

Keywords:: Agriculture, Irrigation, Water management
Countries:: Italy

IRRIFRAME is an expert system for irrigation backed by the results of more than 50 years of research on plant/water relations and sustainable irrigation management.

Briquette production at ECODOMANI

Keywords:: Farm restructuring/modernisation, Renewable energy, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Romania

Setting up a briquette production plant that uses wood dust and energetic willow, shows how a region's natural resources can be used for energy production in an environmentally friendly way.