Support from the rural development programme was used to buy new machinery and expand the production capacity of a biogas plant.
Projects & Practice
Total results: 11.
A unique example of a rural business which achieved economic profitability based on innovation and environmentally-friendly practices.
Promoting the sustainable management of small, privately owned forests. This is the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'LEADER' category.
A dairy farm in Wallonia invested in renewable energy production from manure and produced milk using a more environmental friendly process.
Previously uncultivated and overgrown agricultural land was restored and was used to set up a new competitive and sustainable business.
A micro-enterprise received EAFRD support to purchase the equipment for producing renewable energy and achieve significantly reduced operational costs and level of energy autonomy.
Investments in renewable energy helped a pig farm to maintain and increase its competitiveness.
LEADER support was used to exploit the potential of using large quantities of waste wood from landscape management as a renewable energy source.
In an area where cattle breeding is predominent, LEADER funding helped explore the potentials of producing biogas from manure produced in the farms.
Identifying village tourism experiences that have resulted in successful practices to share and replicate them in other territories.
