Projects & Practice

Red Cow breed

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Animal welfare, Biodiversity, Product quality, Rural business, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees
Countries:: Greece

Genetic resources in animal husbandry: important actions for the local community and the environment to promote traditional, extensive livestock farming and the protection of biodiversity.

Protecting the Hungarian Coldblood horse breed

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Biodiversity, Natural resources, Sustainability
Countries:: Hungary

Using the Agri-environment-climate Measure to support the preservation of the Hungarian Coldblood horse breed.

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.

Supporting viticulture on steep slopes and terraces

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Climate change adaptation, Environmental protection, Family farming, Organic farming, Product quality
Countries:: Luxembourg

Granting a premium to support viticulture on steep slopes and terraced vineyards as a high-quality farming practice

Agri-environmental measures delivering environmental and economic win-win

Keywords:: Agriculture, Biodiversity, Bioeconomy, Competitiveness, Environmental protection, Mountain area, Soil management, Water management
Countries:: Spain

A project that demonstrates how agri-environment support can significantly help the protection of the environment while also increasing the profitability of a farm.