Projects & Practice

A knowledge sharing programme initiated by a cooperative to improve the position of small producers in the value chain. 

Peer-to-peer advisory services help raise biodiversity awareness among Austrian farmers.

A social enterprise used RDP funding to foster social innovation and entrepreneurship in one of the most depopulated regions in Europe. 

A project that promotes the use of renewable energy to improve air quality through training and awareness raising.

A rural women’s association used Rural Development Programme (RDP) support to organise wool processing training courses and to create employment opportunities by valorising wool, a by-product of sheep meat production.

An educational institution for farmers in Austria used RDP support to develop a training  programme using digital, web-based technologies and applications.

Precision farming has great economic and environmental potentials and a project was set up to promote its use in the Austrian context.

The Andalusian Shepherds School is a training project looking to increase generational relay in rural areas. The project involves traditional and innovative knowledge, together with environmental aspects linked to pastoral livestock.
 

“My Farm, My Way” is a web platform that allows farmers to exchange ideas and innovative practices and get to learn from each other.