Projects & Practice

Organic egg facility on Estonian island receives start-up support for a young farmer.

EAFRD support enabled a pair of entrepreneurs to harness their experience to establish a wooden toy manufacturing business, stimulating diversified economic activity and creating jobs in a rural area.

Angelic Gardens (Anielskie Ogrody) is a forward-looking project that aims to create oases of biodiversity in farms and gardens. It shows that a small productive garden on a family farm can, with little effort, be beautiful and provide high quality bio food. Angelic Gardens leads the way in the times of pandemic and climate change with high quality ‘step by step’ educational materials and easy internet communication.
 

A young female farmer used RDP support to install a cow herd management system which improved the economic and animal welfare performance of the farm.

A company offering agricultural services to farmers used RDP support to acquire a new combine harvester and a nitrogen testing equipment which regulates the amount of fertiliser applied across the entire crop. 

EAFRD support enabled a young person to start his own commercially-oriented farm, thus contributing to the generational renewal of the sector.

A small farm converted to organic vegetable production and in so doing successfully increased its competitiveness and profitability.
 

Turning a subsistence family farm into a dynamic agri-business through modernization and adoption of affordable new equipment.

A farmer in a Less Favoured Area turned to organic agriculture and began growing ancient varieties of cereals. He has achieved sustainability through niche, quality production.

Using RDP support to establish an agricultural holding, purchase agricultural machinery and launch a young farmer’s career .