Conservarea biodiversităţii şi dezvoltare comunitară în Transilvania
Fundatia ADEPT Annual reports available
Click below to download annual reports for Fundatia ADEPT activities, 2010 and 2011.Annual report 2010
Annual report 2011
Impact in 2010:
- 17.000ha of High Nature Value grassland brought under conservation management
- ADEPT-facilitated EU support payments for 1.400 farming families, total €1.5m
- 100 small-scale dairy farmers in 4 villages benefiting milk income, which they had lost until ADEPT worked with them to improve milk quality. €180.000 income in 4 villages
- €75.000 income for 40 producers from sales at farmers’ markets developed by ADEPT
- €90.000 extra income for 30 guest house owners and service providers
- €250.000 annual grants for 27 farmers in grazing association (Seica Mare)
- Direct influence on Common Agricultural Policy post-2013: ADEPT project is recognised by European Commission as a model local integrated development project, which should be replicated EU-wide.
- Income-generating achievements are backed up by training and technical assistance so that the farming communities’ capacity is increased to continue such activities themselves.
Impact in 2011:
- 17.000ha of High Nature Value grassland brought under conservation management
- over 400,000 ha of High Nature Value grassland and grazed traditional orchards, previously not eligible for agri-environment payments, made eligible for EU agri-environment payments under measures designed and proposed by ADEPT in cooperation with Romanian Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development
- over €1.5m/year extra income in Tarnava Mare area through ADEPT farm advisory services, based on official payments agency statistics
- €220.000 annual grants for 39 farmers in grazing association for 940 ha of grassland and app. 10.000 sheep.
- over 200 small-scale dairy farmers in 8 villages benefiting from over €150.000 extra income from milk, which they had lost until ADEPT helped them to improve milk quality
- 18.000 ha of forest has been certified so that a better price can be achieved for timber, and Town Halls are exempt from environmental taxes so freeing their budgets for community use
- over €110.000 income for producers of branded local products from sales at farmers’ markets and other points of sale developed by ADEPT
- over €80.000 extra income for guest house owners and service providers
- Income-generation achieved at national and EU level by policy advocacy, and at local level by training and advice to increase farming communities’ capacity.
23.01.2012
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European prize for Fundația ADEPT farm advisory services
EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos presenting Ben Mehedin with first prize for communicating with farmers under the Best CAP Communication Awards competition.
Ben Mehedin explaining Fundatia ADEPT communication activities to participants at the Awards competition in Brussels, 10 December 2012
For further details, please contact Ben Mehedin at Fundatia ADEPT: ben@fundatia-adept.org, 0752 264580.
Prince Charles opens model unit for micro-scale food producers
View film of speech given by HRH The Prince of Wales at Saschiz, at the opening of a model food processing Food Barn. This offers a practical solution, and economic future, for small-scale producers who want access to market