Projects & Practice

Upgrading the facilities of a camp site in Cyprus

Keywords:: Forestry, Protected areas, Tourism, Youth
Countries:: Cyprus

A camp site used Rural Development Programme (RDP) support to increase its capacity to accommodate visitors and upgrade its infrastructure and improving accessibility.

Aeroponics Mediterranean Ltd. – ‘Planty’

Keywords:: Agriculture, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Market development, Product quality, Sustainability
Countries:: Cyprus

‘Planty’ have built a state-of-the-art greenhouse, that uses environmentally friendly techniques and covers the complete production cycle from seed to market.

Zacharias Symeou Sheep Farm

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Organic farming, Product quality, Renewable energy
Countries:: Cyprus

A family farm used investment support to set up a state-of-the-art sheep farm for the production of high-quality sheep milk.

Territorial supply plans for French forestry

Keywords:: Forestry, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: France

A LAG from eastern France prepared a territorial supply plan to help forest decision-makers to monitor and coordinate supply and demand for their territory’s timber products.

Producing and packaging biofuel (PELLET) from olives harvesting residues

Keywords:: Bioeconomy, Diversification, Renewable energy, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Greece

A biofuel production and packaging line was established in an olive growing region of Greece. The waste residues are used to produce biofuel (PELLET) offering considerable economic and environmental benefits.