Projects & Practice

Start-up aid for young farmers – Farma pod Radhoštěm s.r.o.

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Family farming, Product quality, Sustainability, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Czech Republic

Czech young farmer modernises her small farm’s production of artisan wool.

Martina Tomšíčková’s goat farm – Processing organic goat milk

Keywords:: Diversification, Family farming, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Organic farming, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Czech Republic

CAP funds in Czechia support organic family farm diversification into goat cheese.

Development of new products based on sprouted pseudo-cereals, cereals and legumes

Keywords:: Cooperation, Entrepreneurship, Product quality, Rural business
Countries:: Czech Republic

CAP funds support improved nutrition of Czech cereal and legume crops

Living Museums

Keywords:: Digitisation, Information & Communications Technology (ICT), Inter-territorial/Transnational cooperation, LEADER/CLLD, Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees, Rural services
Countries:: Czech Republic, Spain

SMART technology to keep rural heritage alive.

A lavender and herb farm creates employment for people with disabilities

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Job creation, Organic farming, Social inclusion, Young farmers
Countries:: Czech Republic

A young farmer with reduced mobility used support from the Rural Development Programme (RDP) to expand his organic lavender farm and create jobs for people with disabilities.

Modernisation of the ‘Farma Bezdínek s.r.o’ agricultural holding

Keywords:: Agriculture, Competitiveness, Farm restructuring/modernisation, Risk management
Countries:: Czech Republic

The largest, hi-tech hydroponic greenhouse for growing vegetables in the Czech Republic used Rural Development Programme (RDP) support to upgrade its pesticide-free production capacity.

Establishing a small cheese production plant on Hrčava Farm

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Competitiveness, Direct marketing, Entrepreneurship, Job creation
Countries:: Czech Republic

A cheese-making facility was set up on the border between the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia to increase the attractiveness of the area, market local products and create new jobs for the local population.

Michaela Hlubková - a dairy farm start-up

Keywords:: Animal husbandry, Entrepreneurship, Women, Young farmers
Countries:: Czech Republic

A young female farmer used RDP support to develop her goat dairy farm into a dairy and become a major supplier of dairy products domestically and abroad.

Bioreserve Na Mlakách

Keywords:: Biodiversity, Environmental protection, Nature conservation, Water management
Countries:: Czech Republic

Creation of a bioreserve consisting of a small reservoir, a retention basin, and an adjacent strip of vegetation to improve water retention in an intensively farmed area.

ARNOŠTICE 2016

Keywords:: Added value, Agriculture, Animal husbandry, Direct marketing, Entrepreneurship, Family farming, Networking, Product quality
Countries:: Czech Republic

The project saw an unused calves’ shed converted into a farm shop selling organic products.