Projects & Practice

Protecting and enhancing salt marshes and reed beds along the Shannon estuary

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Young farmers
Countries:: Ireland

A young farmer undertook voluntary agri-environmental commitments to ensure that his land provides a sufficient habitat for overwintering migratory birds and other plants and animals.

Supporting Ireland’s Rare Breeds

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Environmental sustainability, Natural resources
Countries:: Ireland

Offering support to maintain and possibly increase populations of specific rare breeds under the Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 of Ireland.

Anu and Esa Immonen’s dairy farm in Savo region

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Family farming
Countries:: Finland

Natural constraint payments play a key role in supporting farms to sustain their profitability and develop in areas that would otherwise be abandoned.

Zagorin Hellas - Control by sexual confusion of pest Lepidoptera in apple orchards

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Producer groups
Countries:: Greece

A cooperative of apple producers set up a joint effort among its members to control the codling moth, a major pest, by means of sexual confusion.

Golashane Farm Nature Reserve

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Nature conservation, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees, Sustainability, Women
Countries:: Ireland

Using RDP support to turn a farm into a nature reserve; contributing to tackling biodiversity loss.