Animal husbandry

Good Practice - Project | 08 Jan. 2020

Anton Vrbnjak Farm – Diversifying into therapeutic horse riding

Expanding the range of tourist offer in a LAG area by supporting a small farm to diversify into horseback riding and therapeutic riding.

Good Practice - Project | 07 Jan. 2020

Improving animal welfare in a Sardinian farm

A livestock farmer received training and undertook a consultation to find out how to improve animal welfare on his farm.

Good Practice - Project | 03 Okt. 2019

Cooperative ‘Vun der Atert’ – A community based model for quality meat production

An integrated, community focussed model for quality meat production based on short supply chains, working together, and exchanging experiences between consumers and producers.

Good Practice - Project | 02 Okt. 2019

Expansion & modernisation of a sheep farm

A market-driven investment to increase a sheep farm’s competitiveness, through the intensification of high quality organic milk production.

Good Practice - Project | 30 Juni 2019

Šalek Valley Agricultural Cooperative – producing organic beef & apples

An agricultural cooperative invested in setting up organic apple orchards with anti-hail nets. They also acquired agricultural machinery to support the production of organic beef.

Good Practice - Project | 29 Juni 2019

Janez Smrtnik's farm – Mountain farming using indigenous breeds

An organic mountain farm uses indigenous breeds to produce high-quality meat, while preserving the local environment and genetic resources.

Good Practice - Project | 28 Juni 2019

Future-proof peat meadow polder ‘Lange Weide’

The future-proof peat meadow polder ‘Lange Weide’, is unique bottom-up initiative and the largest submerged drainage project in the Netherlands.

Good Practice - Project | 28 Juni 2019

Booij & Brandwijk cheese development

A cheese-producing farm used RDP support to set up a new plant for producing speciality cheeses and ensure its long-term financial sustainability.

Good Practice - Project | 27 Juni 2019

Investing in a unit for processing, pasteurisation and storage of liquid eggs

A modern hen farm producing eggs for human consumption, set up a new unit to process non commercial eggs and therefore increase its competitiveness.

Good Practice - Project | 04 Apr. 2019

AECM scheme on the farm Kašperské Hory

An example of a large-scale previously state owned farm, which now successfully combines economic sustainability and the provision of public goods.