Projects & Practice

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.

Lithuanian consumers benefit from improved quality and variety of regional dairy products

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Product quality
Countries:: Lithuania

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

Construction of a sorghum mill

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Product quality
Countries:: Hungary

A family business focused on Sorghum cultivation used EAFRD support to set up their own mill and now supply high quality, gluten free Sorghum flour to the Hungarian market.

Setting up an environmentally friendly fruit juice production plant

Keywords:: Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Job creation, Product quality, Renewable energy
Countries:: Hungary

Setting up a fruit juice processing plant that operates with renewable energy.

Investing in on-farm berry processing and direct sales

Keywords:: Added value, Agriculture, Competitiveness, Direct marketing, Job creation, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Finland

On-farm processing can add value to the product and can also make farming a more attractive choice for young farmers - as demonstrated by a berry farm in Finland.