Start-up courses designed specifically for new entrants to farming ensure a strong grounding in both agricultural and business principles in the Flanders region of Belgium.
Projects & Practice

The Walloon RDP supports the provision of quality healthcare services for ageing inhabitants of rural areas in Belgium.

Promoting the sustainable management of small, privately owned forests. This is the winning initiative of the 2019 Rural Inspiration Awards in the 'LEADER' category.

‘Nos Oignons’ is an association that supported the preparation and implementation of three RDP funded projects that promote social farming in Wallonia.

A slaughterhouse was established on the island of Bornholm to offer slaughtering facilities to small husbandry farms or for larger herds of sheep or cattle.

A micro distillery was established with the aim of producing unique, high-quality vodka and brandy from potatoes that are not of marketable quality.

A micro enterprise received LEADER support and turned a hobby into a revenue-generating business: using insects to produce protein flour for animal feed.

A rural business development and capacity building project with an emphasis on increasing revenue in the small-islands tourism industry of Denmark.

Supporting vulnerable people and facilitating their re-integration into society through small volunteer jobs on local farms.

An environmental NGO implemented a project to preserve and maintain an old clay pit that provides shelter to a number of rare and endangered species.