Projects & Practice

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.

‘MaasDigiboksi’ - Rural transport and mobility

Keywords:: Information & promotion activities, Knowledge transfer, Rural services, Sustainability
Countries:: Finland

Mobilising rural awareness in Finland about sustainable transport opportunities

Animal welfare by the Ollikkala pig farm

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Animal welfare, Competitiveness, Diversification, Entrepreneurship
Countries:: Finland

A pig farm used Rural Development Programme (RDP) funding to improve the animals’ living conditions and the branding of their products.

Upgrading a sheep farm and opening of Farm Shop by a Maltese young farmer

Keywords:: Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Direct marketing, Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Product quality, Young farmers
Countries:: Malta

A Maltese young farmer took over his father’s sheep farm in order to preserve local traditions, whilst incorporating new and innovative ideas in the production and marketing process.

Setting up a hail protection system on a cherry orchard

Keywords:: Agriculture, Climate change adaptation, Producer groups, Product quality, Risk management
Countries:: Italy

Setting up an anti-hail system over a newly planted orchard of cherry trees, in order to mitigate the impact of climate change over agricultural production.

Caseificio Val d'Aveto – Investing to sustain the local supply chain

Keywords:: Diversification, Entrepreneurship, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Market development, Mountain area, Product quality, Rural SMEs
Countries:: Italy

A dairy company used RDP support to build a new wing on its factory in order to increase its production capacity. This investment strengthened the local supply chains and helps prevent the abandonment of the farming activity in the area.

Repairing damage caused by extreme weather conditions on an agricultural business

Keywords:: Agriculture, Climate change adaptation, Risk management
Countries:: Italy

An agricultural business affected by extreme weather conditions used RDP support to repair the damage to its infrastructure and enable it to operate as normal.