Good Practice - Project

Diversifying a young female farmer’s income by investing in farm tourism

A young female farmer decided to renovated an old building on the family farm and offer accommodation for tourists.
  • CAP Implementation
  • - Programming period: 2014-2022 Italy
    - Programming period: 2014-2022 Italy

    General information

    RDP Priority
    • P2. Competitiveness
    RDP Focus Area
    • 2A: Farm’s performance, restructuring & modernisation
    RDP Measure
    • M06: Farm & business development

    Summary

    The beneficiary, 23 year old Sonia took over the family that has been cultivating vegetables for almost 30 years and selling them to large national retailers. She wanted to have greater contact with people at the farm and applied for RDP support to restructure one of the farm’s buildings with a view to offering tourist accommodation.

    Results

    Tourists will be hosted for at least 4-5 months/year.

    The hospitality venture is expected to bring in an additional 20% of the overall farm business prior to the investment.

    Promoter

    Sonia Casagrante Conti

    Funding

    Total budget 543 057 (EUR)
    EAFRD 80 737 (EUR)
    National/Regional 106 500 (EUR)
    Private 355 820 (EUR)

    Ressources

    Documents

    English language

    gp_it_diversify_farm-toursim_web.pdf

    (PDF – 517.72 Ko)