Projects & Practice

Rural Development Programme investment support has boosted the productivity and competitiveness of a family dairy business and helped to safeguard more than 60 jobs.

Setting up a slaughterhouse on-site helped the beneficiary and other nearby organic lamb breeders to increase their profitability through direct marketing.

Female entrepreneurs used RDP investment support to increase the production capacity of their juniper syrup-producing business.

A well-established food processor used investment support from the Estonian RDP to expand the range of baby food products it offers and thus maintain its dynamic growth. 

The project saw an unused calves’ shed converted into a farm shop selling organic products.

A Slovakian company with a long history of manufacturing confectionery products benefited from Rural Development Programme support to modernise its equipment and production processes.
 

An investment project for the modernisation and automation of a frozen fruits processing plant in order to minimise production losses. 

Setting up an innovative lavender distillery in response to increasing market demands for high quality, niche products.
 

Modernisation of a cannery with new machinery leading to improved competitiveness and a stronger local short supply chain.

Support from the rural development programme was used to establish an innovative production of GMO-free soybean oil products of superior quality.