Bioeconomy

Good Practice - Project | 02 jan 2017

BioRegion Mühlviertel - Developing an organic brand in rural Austria

Austria`s Mühlviertel region developed an organic brand as a marketing tool to promote local producers, suppliers and tourism.

Good Practice - Project | 02 jan 2017

VACASTO - Adding value to chestnut growing in Tuscany

An association used EAFRD funding to help preserve chestnut woods in Italy and boost growers’ income by buying new equipment and coordinating the supply chain. 

Good Practice - Project | 21 sept 2016

Conservation of natural heritage - Biodiversity and wood fuel

Testing the transferability of landscape management to other Natura 2000 sites.

Good Practice - Project | 26 juil 2016

Biomassalland

A regional cooperative chain for biomass was established to respond to the increasing demand for woodchip.

Good Practice - Project | 26 juil 2016

IVO – Improving olive oil quality

An olive oil mill enterprise in collaboration with a university, the regional chamber of commerce, machinery companies, and others, created a partnership to test an innovative filtering prototype for olive oil production.

Good Practice - Project | 26 juil 2016

Restoring and adding value to an abandoned cork plantation

A cork producing business confronted high production costs due to increasing cost of raw materials. To tackle this the company used EAFRD support to restore its own forest and improve its productivity.

Good Practice - Project | 25 juil 2016

Studying and promoting biogas production in the territory of the LAG ‘Pays des Condruses’

In an area where cattle breeding is predominent, LEADER funding helped explore the potentials of producing biogas from manure produced in the farms.

Good Practice - Project | 25 juil 2016

Dairy Farm with Biogas Production Unit in Romania

A Romanian company contructed of a modern dairy plant with a renewable energy production unit that uses the by-products of milk production.

Good Practice - Project | 25 juil 2016

Producing and packaging biofuel (PELLET) from olives harvesting residues

A biofuel production and packaging line was established in an olive growing region of Greece. The waste residues are used to produce biofuel (PELLET) offering considerable economic and environmental benefits. 

Good Practice - Project | 23 avr 2016

Innovative service - BIO construction from hemp

Sustainable construction of buildings by using of innovative materials (hemp).