Projects & Practice

Mobilising rural awareness in Finland about sustainable transport opportunities
 

A family farm that breeds the protected Marchigiana cows received Measure 14 - Animal welfare support to improve the way their livestock are maintained.   

Animal welfare support enabled a farmer to improve the living conditions of his buffalo herd and at the same time improve the quality and quantity of milk produced.

The long-term programme of knowledge transfer in organic farming was set up to improve the competitiveness of organic farming in Estonia and increase local organic food consumption. 
 

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

Reintroducing the traditional practice of controlled forest burning, as means to promote biodiversity and create new business opportunities in the forestry sector.

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. 

A livestock farmer received training and undertook a consultation to find out how to improve animal welfare on his farm.

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.

A series of knowledge-transfer activities to increase knowledge and skills on organic plant and animal production, processing and marketing.