Projects & Practice

Rejuvenating a small, traditional wine consortium in Northern Italy

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Information & promotion activities, Market development, Producer groups, Product quality
Countries:: Italy

A small producer group used CAP funds to promote their quality wines produced from a local traditional grape variety.

Quality cheese production in a remote mountain area

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Information & promotion activities, Market development, Mountain area, Producer groups, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Italy

Communications campaign implemented by a producer group to increase the profile of a PDO certified cheese beyond its region of production.

“Sweet Resistants” value chain for innovation and promotion in the apple and strawberry sector

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Cooperation, Innovation, Market development, Producer groups, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Italy

An EIP operation group project to test and propagate new, cost-effective and environmentally friendly strawberry and apple varieties in Emilia-Romagna.

A new value-chain for the promotion of organic production from arable crops in the Marche region of Italy

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Organic farming, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets, Stakeholder involvement
Countries:: Italy

Italian farmers join forces in new organics value chain.

Arbocus Ltd - Purchase of forestry machinery

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Forestry, Job creation, Rural business
Countries:: Hungary

EAFRD-funded modernisation investment for a forestry company in south-western Hungary.

Péter Kis farm – construction of a storage building with cooling technology

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Organic farming
Countries:: Hungary

A producer of organic arable crops used investment support from the Hungarian Rural Development Programme (RDP) to build an innovative storage facility and increase the competitiveness of his farm.

András Family Farm - expanding the production capacity of a pig farm

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, LEADER/CLLD
Countries:: Hungary

A young farmer used support from the Hungarian Rural Development Programme (RDP) to expand the production capacity of his farm and respond to the increasing market demand for his pork products.

A higher ground for local livestock

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Animal welfare, Mountain area
Countries:: Italy

A family farm that breeds the protected Marchigiana cows received Measure 14 - Animal welfare support to improve the way their livestock are maintained.

Improving animal welfare on an Italian buffalo farm

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Animal welfare, Competitiveness
Countries:: Italy

Animal welfare support enabled a farmer to improve the living conditions of his buffalo herd and at the same time improve the quality and quantity of milk produced.

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.