Competitiveness

A family farm invested in soil conservation practices to increase its capacity to store water and its microbial biomass activity.

A young female farmer invested in the construction of greenhouses and an irrigation system to improve her farm’s profitability and mitigate production risks linked to climate change. 

EAFRD support enabled a young person to start his own commercially-oriented farm, thus contributing to the generational renewal of the sector.

Setting up collaborative water system measures and a governance approach to increase self-sufficiency of freshwater availability for agriculture.

An EIP-AGRI Operational Group project on the use of insects for adding value to organic residues from agriculture. 

An EIP-AGRI operational group on improving the soil’s quality and structure, using new generation microelements and microorganisms.

A rural women’s association used Rural Development Programme (RDP) support to organise wool processing training courses and to create employment opportunities by valorising wool, a by-product of sheep meat production.

Expanding the production capacity of a pig farm in Denmark, while improving animal welfare and reducing NH3 emissions.

Rural Development Progamme investment support enabled a conventional broiler farmer to construct a new energy efficient broiler house.  

Developing a new and practical system to manage pig manure more efficiently, as a means to significantly reduce NH3 emissions and produce green energy.