Projects & Practice

Organic eggs from Saaremaa

Keywords:: Digitisation, Direct marketing, Organic farming, Rural business, Sustainability, Young farmers
Countries:: Estonia

Organic egg facility on Estonian island receives start-up support for a young farmer.

SYNECO – Recovering value from pig and cow slurry to promote environmental synergies

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Environmental protection, Environmental sustainability, GHG & ammonia emissions, Producer groups
Countries:: Malta

CAP support funded a research project concerning the recycling of manure nutrients as fertiliser in Malta.

Vertical integration on a cuniculture farm in Malta

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Energy efficiency, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Malta

A cuniculture farm used CAP funds to set up a new energy efficient meat processing unit in order to add value to its final product and improve the farm’s position in the value chain.

Rejuvenating a small, traditional wine consortium in Northern Italy

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Information & promotion activities, Market development, Producer groups, Product quality
Countries:: Italy

A small producer group used CAP funds to promote their quality wines produced from a local traditional grape variety.

Quality cheese production in a remote mountain area

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Information & promotion activities, Market development, Mountain area, Producer groups, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Italy

Communications campaign implemented by a producer group to increase the profile of a PDO certified cheese beyond its region of production.

“Sweet Resistants” value chain for innovation and promotion in the apple and strawberry sector

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Cooperation, Innovation, Market development, Producer groups, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Italy

An EIP operation group project to test and propagate new, cost-effective and environmentally friendly strawberry and apple varieties in Emilia-Romagna.

Flora Aromatica Santaluce testing a model for the promotion of a territory

Keywords:: Agriculture, Food & Drink, Local food, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Italy

A cooperation project contributed to the development of a local value chain and created new diversified income opportunities in agriculture and agritourism.

A new value-chain for the promotion of organic production from arable crops in the Marche region of Italy

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Organic farming, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets, Stakeholder involvement
Countries:: Italy

Italian farmers join forces in new organics value chain.

Investment support for a juniper syrup-producing business

Keywords:: Direct marketing, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Product quality
Countries:: Estonia

Female entrepreneurs used RDP investment support to increase the production capacity of their juniper syrup-producing business.

Organic baby food processing and marketing

Keywords:: Added value, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Food & Drink
Countries:: Estonia

A well-established food processor used investment support from the Estonian RDP to expand the range of baby food products it offers and thus maintain its dynamic growth.