Establish and develop a goat-based livestock enterprise with milk processing and the sale of products on the farm.
The rural area covered by the intervention is in the province of Savona, within the Beigua Regional Natural Park and part of a larger territory recognised by UNESCO as a global geopark (Beigua Global Geopark). The Cascina Giacobbe, a livestock enterprise that is the object of the intervention, is an example of the development of a new activity that contrasts the phenomenon of depopulation and the abandonment of farming in rural areas, and prevents the loss of the 'active management' function of the land carried out by farmers. The Cascina Giacobbe also contributes to increasing knowledge of the Beigua area and to attracting visitors to the area thanks to the sale of high-quality dairy products.
The RDP intervention funded the construction of structures and the use of breeding techniques that respect the natural environment and landscape. The innovation of the structures and the equipment purchased have enabled a considerable technological leap forward for the farm and the land that hosts it. The business development model set up thanks to the interventions is based on the integration between cultivation and breeding phases and processing and marketing phases, which can be replicated in other realities of the Beigua area.
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