Projects & Practice

Investing on greenhouses and setting up an irrigation system

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, GHG & ammonia emissions, Irrigation, Job creation, Water management, Women
Countries:: Slovenia

A young female farmer invested in the construction of greenhouses and an irrigation system to improve her farm’s profitability and mitigate production risks linked to climate change.

Organic farming and fruit processing at the Marima farm

Keywords:: Access to market, Agriculture, Competitiveness, Direct marketing, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Organic farming, Product quality
Countries:: Slovenia

A subsistence farm used RDP support in order to become commercially viable by investing in organic production.

Increasing the competitiveness of an organic beef cattle farm

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Animal welfare, Competitiveness, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Organic farming
Countries:: Lithuania

RDP support helped a farmer to acquire the necessary equipment and infrastructure to continue expanding his organic beef cattle herd.

Restoring the habitats of the Aquatic Warbler

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Job creation, Protected areas
Countries:: Lithuania

Maintaining natural and semi-natural meadows and wetlands to ensure suitable nesting conditions for an endangered bird species: the Aquatic Warbler.

Juhart farm – Investing in a new poultry house

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Environmental protection, Family farming, Rural business
Countries:: Slovenia

A family farm used RDP support to switch from cattle to turkey breeding in response to market demand.

Organic barn for laying hens - Oberger

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Diversification, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Organic farming
Countries:: Austria

An Austrian family converted their dairy farm to produce organic eggs from laying hens in a barn after they saw an opportunity in the market.