Projects & Practice

The Linen Project in the Netherlands

Keywords:: Cooperation, Innovation, Networking, Stakeholder involvement, Sustainability
Countries:: The Netherlands

CAP funds help identify opportunities for improving localised linen production.

Plasma Activated Water for Sustainable Agriculture

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Cooperation, Innovation, Sustainability
Countries:: The Netherlands

An EIP Operational Group worked on upscaling the production of Plasma Activated Water (PAW) and on demonstrating its effectiveness and cost efficiency as a sustainable nitrogen fertiliser.

Farmer Audrius Juška's investments in winter greenhouses

Keywords:: Agriculture, Climate change adaptation, Competitiveness, Energy efficiency, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Renewable energy
Countries:: Lithuania

An EAFRD funded investment in high-tech greenhouse horticulture based on renewable energy.

A marketing strategy to strengthen the brand of a short supply chain for pig meat

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Cooperation, Market development, Producer groups, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: The Netherlands

A pig meat producing short supply chain developed a marketing strategy to strengthen its brand and increase demand for its high-quality products.

Participatory Guarantee Systems - Dialogue between consumers and farmers for sustainable short supply chains

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Cooperation, Organic farming, Producer groups, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: The Netherlands

Developing a Participatory Guarantee System (PGS) in the Netherlands as an alternative to formal certification for small producers operating in short supply chains.

Modernization of the Dary Natury company

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Product quality, Renewable energy, Rural business
Countries:: Poland

A herbal products company used CAP funds to modernise its production infrastructure and create new organic fruit and vegetable products.

An innovative model of production, processing and distribution of herbs in the Zielawa Valley, Poland

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Competitiveness, Cooperation, Innovation, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Poland

An EIP Operational Group developed and tested a unique end-to-end agroforestry production process that is sustainable, profitable for the farm and the processing company, and which benefits consumers through products made in a way that supports the environment.

Ancient Grain - Innovation in cultivation, processing and marketing of primary forms of wheat

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Innovation, Natural resources, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Poland

An EIP Operational Group worked on the reintroduction of ancient wheat species in the context of current practices applied at farm level.

Acquiring a combine harvester and a nitrogen testing equipment

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Diversification, Rural business, Soil management
Countries:: Poland

A company offering agricultural services to farmers used RDP support to acquire a new combine harvester and a nitrogen testing equipment which regulates the amount of fertiliser applied across the entire crop.

The Water Holding project of Walcheren

Keywords:: Agriculture, Climate change adaptation, Competitiveness, Cooperation, Innovation, Irrigation, Natural resources, Water management
Countries:: The Netherlands

Setting up collaborative water system measures and a governance approach to increase self-sufficiency of freshwater availability for agriculture.