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Unlocking the potential of cooperation
Discover the key outcomes of our thematic work on unlocking the potential of cooperation in farming and agriculture.
- CAP Implementation
What are LAGs working on? Episode 2
We continue our series with a look at Local Development Strategies by two LAGs in Poland and Denmark, where LEADER is enabling Smart Villages, social capital and economic innovation.
- CAP Implementation
Economic vulnerability of farming: key insights
A recent Thematic Group has looked into experiences, policies and potential support mechanisms to improve farm resilience and economic sustainability.
- CAP Implementation
Latest publications
Annual evaluation report (2024) of the Aosta Valley, Italy
This 2024 annual evaluation report from the Aosta Valley (Italy) examines how the 2014-2020 Rural Development Programme (RDP) has supported business, sectoral and local supply chains through on‑farm and cooperative processing investments and LEADER cooperation.
- Evaluation
Impact of the RDP in Castilla y León on the competitiveness and viability of the agricultural sector
This evaluation analyses how the Rural Development Programme (RDP) of Castilla y León (Spain) contributed to farm competitiveness and viability, with a focus on investment support, farm modernisation and generational renewal during the 2014–2020 period
- Evaluation
Evaluation of aid for the establishment of young farmers in Valencia
This evaluation from Spain (Valencian Community) assesses the 2014-2022 Rural Development Programme's Measure 6.1.1, which supports young farmers’ installations, examining competitiveness, continuity and rural dynamism.
- Evaluation
Latest projects
Innovative Biological Solutions for Replacing Chemical Plant Protection Products in Integrated Vegetable and Fruit Production
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Innovative agrotechnical solutions for production and processing of fruit crops and aromatic plants (InARA)
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
FLAVOTRACK - Development of a Decision Support System (DSS), based on drone spectral analysis techniques, for mapping, detection and forecasting of Flavescence Dorée in Tuscan vineyards
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI
Latest good practice
LEADER modernises, expands and diversifies cheese dairy in Crete
- CAP Implementation
Female farmers upscale sustainable vegetable production and nutrition in Romania
- CAP Implementation
‘Determination, confidence and flexibility’ essential for new entrants to ensure successful takeover
- Innovation, knowledge exchange & EIP-AGRI