Rural Inspiration Awards: nominees

Good Practice - Project | 06 März 2021

BiomMap – Belgium (Wallonia)

The BiomMap project aims to significantly improve the ecological network within the Wasseiges territory in the Walloon Region. Rural stakeholders will be able to identify, monitor and quantify the existing ecological network’s features, indicate its characteristics, gaps and potential for improvement.  

Good Practice - Project | 02 Juni 2020

Hiša vin Kokol (Rebirth of vine / grapes)

The project took nature-friendly vine cultivation on a family farm a step further to develop zero-waste processing methods that valorise all by-products of grapes in a sustainable and fully circular way. The resulting seeds, oil and flour have proved very popular with customers.

Good Practice - Project | 02 Juni 2020

The Černelič Biodynamic Farm

Organic and biodynamic farms cooperate to jointly acquire conservation tillage equipment (subsoilers and no till seeding machine) to enhance soil quality, reduce pollution and maximise their soil’s capacity to act as a carbon sink

Good Practice - Project | 02 Juni 2020

Klimatkollen i Greppa Näringen – Sweden offers farmers free tailored advice on climate change

Targeted advice on climate mitigation actions for individual farms provides farmers with consultant support to effectively reduce greenhouse gas emissions.  

Good Practice - Project | 02 Juni 2020

Brickz - Natural Soil Improver

Using biomass residues to produce a fertiliser, which is then used to grow trees, and will, over time, improve soil quality, has led to significant financial savings for nature conservation organisations and tree nurseries.  

Good Practice - Project | 02 Juni 2020

Introducing and testing biological pest control techniques in the wine-producing sector in Tuscany

Offering a coordinated multi-stakeholder approach in terms of training, technology transfer and decision making to finding alternative approaches to pest management and reducing pesticide use in the wine-producing sector of Tuscany.  

Good Practice - Project | 02 Juni 2020

Finnish villages sequestering and storing carbon - Hiiltä sitovat kylät

Communities coming together to collaboratively develop locally suited, innovative actions to mitigate climate change in rural Finland.  

Good Practice - Project | 02 Juni 2020

Järviruoko - Developing the harvesting and use of the common reed

In Finland, trialling the winter harvesting of the common reed provides a greater availability of sustainable resources with collateral environmental benefits.  

Good Practice - Project | 02 Juni 2020

OSMO – Sharing know-how and tools for a resource-efficient agricultural soil management

Collaborative learning and tools for assessing soil health contribute to farmers’ understanding of problems and alternative management strategies.

Good Practice - Project | 02 Juni 2020

GO SETOS - Multifunctional borders for sustainable landscape and agriculture

An EIP-AGRI Operational Group working together to increase the implementation of multifunctional hedgerows that offer environmental benefits as well as climate mitigation and adaptation.