Mountain area

20 result(s)
Good Practice - Project

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

It happens in Loco – Alto Minho Mountain

A Technical Assistance project about empowering local and regional actors to work more effectively with rural communities in order to revitalise these areas.

Good Practice - Project

Caseificio Val d'Aveto – Investing to sustain the local supply chain

A dairy company used RDP support to build a new wing on its factory in order to increase its production capacity. This investment strengthened the local supply chains and helps prevent the abandonment of the farming activity in the area.

Good Practice - Project

Agri-environmental measures delivering environmental and economic win-win

A project that demonstrates how agri-environment support can significantly help the protection of the environment while also increasing the profitability of a farm.

Good Practice - Project

Art as a leverage of local development in a mountain area

A LEADER project used artistic creations to increase the attractiveness of a remote rural area and stimulate economic activity.

Good Practice - Project

A cheese processing facility on an Alpine pasture

An Austrian farmer used EAFRD funding to build a cheese processing facility on an Alpine pasture offering tours and events to learn about cheese and Alpine farming.

Good Practice - Project

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

Preserving peatland and wet meadows in Auvergne

Farmers in France’s Auvergne region used EAFRD support to preserve peatland and wet meadows in two Natura 2000 areas where over a hundred farmers raise cattle.

Good Practice - Project

Improving the sustainability of a Slovak forest

A Slovak state enterprise used EAFRD funding to plant new forest seedlings and develop a forest road for maintenance activities, strengthening the forest’s sustainability.  

Good Practice - Project

‘Treasures of the Mountain Spirit’ in Low Silesia, Poland

EAFRD supported the successful development of a local brand in a mountainous area in Lower Silesia, Poland. It enabled the local population to develop its unique cultural diversity into a successful, integrated touristic product.