Baza danych projektów PROW
Cultivating Competitiveness on a Lithuanian Arable Farm
Summary
EAFRD funding helped an arable farm modernise its equipment and improve its productivity capacity in order to strengthen business competitiveness.
Background
Farm modernisation offers useful benefits as a development tool for rural economies, especially in transitional areas or sectors. Modern technologies can help increase productivity, improve yields, create cost savings and offer environmental benefits. Lithuania’s RDP acknowledges these benefits and provides support to encourage its agricultural sector to modernise as a way of sustaining and strengthening its competitiveness.
Objective
The project’s core objective focused on improving the competitiveness of an arable farm managed by Mr Rimvydas Janušauskas. His farm produces wheat, oilseed rape and barley. Productivity improvements were sought through the use of new equipment for crop production.
Main activities
The project helped provide co-finance for Mr Janušauskas’ own investment in new fertiliser sprinkling equipment and disc harrows.
Results & Benefits
The project benefits include reduced production costs and increased sales revenues, improved tillage efficiency, increased productivity, improved quality of productivity, and improved environmental management.
Lessons learnt
Modernising agricultural techniques can help rural economies to compete more effectively. Environmental benefits can also be created through improved fuel efficiency of modern equipment as well lower impact cultivation methods.
Project location and other information
Pakruojis district, Medikonys village.
Region
Siauliu apskritis
RDP Territory
Lithuania
Total project cost (€)
10 676
Contact name
Rimvydas Janušauskas
Telephone
+3708614 64493
Languages for contact
Lithuanian
At a glance
Country
Lithuania
Final beneficiary type
Individual farmers
Budget range
< €20 000
Start date:
05/05/2009
End Date:
01/09/2009
Theme / Measure:
Competitiveness of Agriculture & Forestry
Restructuring, developing physical potential, and promoting innovation
121. Modernisation of agricultural holdings
Keywords:
Agricultural method, Machinery, Modernisation, Fertiliser
Last update
23/02/2012