Projects & Practice

Purchase of equipment to ensure biosecurity in a mountainous swine farm

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Animal welfare, Mountain area, Risk management, Sustainability
Countries:: Romania

EU food safety improved by CAP funding for young Romanian pig farmer.

Refurbishment of the family-owned dairy processing plant in Romania

Keywords:: Competitiveness, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Job creation, Product quality, Rural business
Countries:: Romania

CAP funds were used by a family-owned dairy processing plant to modernise its production facilities and introduce a merchandise management software.

Setting-up of wooden toy manufacturing workshop in rural Romania

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, Job creation, Product quality, Rural business
Countries:: Romania

EAFRD support enabled a pair of entrepreneurs to harness their experience to establish a wooden toy manufacturing business, stimulating diversified economic activity and creating jobs in a rural area.

"The Neighbourhood Cuisine"

Keywords:: Cooperation, Direct marketing, LEADER/CLLD, Producer groups, Short supply chains & local markets, Women
Countries:: Romania

A local women’s association received CAP support from a Local Action Group (LAG) to establish and promote a short supply chain for quality local food and crafts.

Cooperation for the development of a fresh fruit short supply chain

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Food & Drink, LEADER/CLLD, Local food, Market development, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Romania

Using LEADER funding and LAG guidance, four fruit growers worked in partnership with a school and an agritourism guesthouse to establish a short supply chain.

Cooperation between animal breeders in Macin Mountains

Keywords:: Cooperation, Direct marketing, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Information & promotion activities, LEADER/CLLD, Market development, Mountain area, Producer groups, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Romania

A group of small farmers used CAP funds to formalise their cooperation and undertake joint investments that would improve their production capacity in a cost-effective way.

Setting up a short supply chain for traditional food products in Brasov County

Keywords:: Agriculture, Cooperation, Information & promotion activities, Market development, Producer groups, Product quality, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Romania

CAP funding enables Romanian farmers to establish successful short supply chain for quality food.

Prisaca Moldova beekeeping apiary farm

Keywords:: Added value, Competitiveness, Direct marketing, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, LEADER/CLLD, Short supply chains & local markets
Countries:: Romania

A beekeeper used CAP funds to realise an investment project that would enable him to add value to his honey products and improve his position in the market.

Setting up a microbrewery in Latgale

Keywords:: Entrepreneurship, LEADER/CLLD, Market development, Product quality, Rural business, Tourism
Countries:: Latvia

LEADER support enabled an entrepreneur to establish a microbrewery in south-eastern Latvia.

Autonomous beekeeping monitoring system to increase the productivity of apiculture

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Cooperation, Innovation
Countries:: Latvia

A partnership project to develop an autonomous apiary monitoring system.