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Agrár- és Vidékfejlesztési Iroda (agroturizmus és LEADER+ koordináció). Agriculture and Rural Development (AgroTourism and LEADER Coordination), 3053 Kozárd, Külterület 095. Tel: +36-30-210-4308 Fax: +36-32-491-076 Email: euragro@globonet.hu Web: www.euragro.hu

Mission Statement

EurAgro is an Agricultural and Rural Development and Consulting firm, incorporated as a limited liability company under the Hungarian corporate law in 2001. Founders and associates of this well-established international agricultural and rural development consulting, advisory and training firm have been active in the agricultural production, rural development and consulting business for the past 30 years both in Hungary and abroad.

EurAgro’s primary contractors are both Hungarian and foreign private and co-operative farms and enterprises in the rural development, crop, livestock and horticulture sector. Euragro is registered supplier of the United Nations System (Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN, UN Development Programme UNDP, UNOPS) for non-formal professional training in rural development and rural tourism. Similarly, Euragro is also registered partner in the European Union as consortial partner of several completed and ongoing EU Leonardo projects (Rural Tourism Training 2003 co-ordinated by RTI-ECEAT Projects, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Train to Ecolabel-2005-2007 coordinated by Energon and G&L, Vienna, Austria, Ecobiag 2006-2008 coordinated by Maison Rurale Valrance and Inter-Images, Blagnac, France, Synergy 2007 coordinated by Rural Tourism International, Amsterdam, The Netherlands) and partner in new EU Leonardo Mobility programmes with French partners. Among ist main client is the Agroservice Group of companies in Hungary, as well as other national and international agribusiness and agroindustry firms, farmers, NGOs and government agencies. Recently EurAgro successfully extended its activities to the LEADER+ programme, being Local Action Group (LAG) coordinator, consisting 15 villages and handling more than 100 local LEADER projects in Nograd county, North Hungary. Euragro also pioneering LEADER Transnational cooperation and possesses signed agreements with four Italian LEADER Action Groups and working in close cooperation with LAGs from Finland, Belgium, Slovakia and Romania. Euragro was also involved in the development of Provisional Tourism Learning Area concept for the EU DG Enterprises Tourism Unit. Subsequently Euragro is a Consortium coordinator in South Hungary, for setting up a tourism learning area, which is a model project in the European Tourism Sector.

The Director of Euragro has more than 20 years rural development and 40 years agricultural development experience, including 19 years professional service in FAO, and five years experience in the EU and LEADER project development and implementation.

EurAgro’s key activities are:

  • Rural development, agricultural consulting and advisory services

  • In-depth experience in the European and Hungarian LEADER movement, with particular attention to LEADER programme implementation in a poor region in North Hungary,

  • preparation of professional tender submissions for EU and national funds

  • formulation, appraisal and implementation of agriculture, agro-industry and rural development projects funded by private, public and government organizations.

  • preparation of technical surveys, analyses, and studies in all fields of agriculture, rural development, ecology and rural tourism

  • designing and implementing rural development, agribusiness and agri-marketing development programmes

  • conducting Hungarian and International non-formal education and training, including technical workshops, study tours, organize and coordinate fellowships and field days

  • Organize regional, national and international events, festivals, such as the 1.Hungarian LEADER Expo in Budapest, Apple Flower Festival, Hungarian Flavours Festival, represent LEADER communities in transnational forums in Rome, Italy (2006), Barcelona, Spain (2007) and Perugia, Italy (2007).

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    Examples of recent activities, which have been carried out with client’s satisfaction:

  • Preparation of a winning rural development plan for the South-Cserhat LEADER+ programme

  • Forming a regional consortium for rural development, as a precursor of the new LEADER cycle, 2007-2013 in Hungary

  • Preparation of a transnational LEADER+ project, which aimes to strengthen cooperation among LAGs in various countries.

  • Launhed the LEADER+ Local Products and Rural Tourism programmes

  • Participate in the LEADER strategy discussion in Hungary and abroad.

  • implementation of high level professional study tours on behalf of the United Nations Development Programme and the UN Office for Project Services, and organized three separate study tours and trainings for Turkish Agricultural Ministry Groups in Hungary (2004, 2006)

  • preparation of beef production study tours for Swedish farmers in Hungary (2005)

  • preparation of farm development tender for the establishment of apple, apricot, plum and almond plantations in North-Hungary (from 2001 to date)

  • preparation of a private fruit development project in Matra Hill Region (grape plantation, wine production), combined with small-scale wine bottling plant, associated with agro-tourism development (feasibility study for building a guest house for wine tourism)

  • contribution to a feasibility study under the special regional development programme of "Flagship Projects in North Hungary" aiming to prepare a development and financial plan for "Agroservice Integrated Fruit and Agro-tourism Project" (sub-contracted by Kasz-Coop Ltd., Hungary).

  • preparation of a Phare supported regional development project for provision of information infrastructure in Paszto sub-region (client: Primagro, Hungary)

  • village and agro-tourism development study for Cserhat mountains.

  • coordinator of the Hungarian AgroTourism consortium

  • participate in various EU Leonardo projects for development of rural tourism

    • EurAgro’s selected professional partners are:

  • Agricultural Science Centre of the University of Debrecen, Hungary (Consortial Partner in Rural Development and AgroTourism).

  • European Union Leonardo da Vinci and DG-Enterprise funding units

  • Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development LEADER+ programme, Hungary

  • North Hungary Regional Development Agency, NORDA, Miskolc, Hungary

  • Ministry of Agricultural and Rural Affairs, Ankara, Turkey

  • Ministry of Livestock, Libyan Arab Yamahirija, Tripoli.

  • Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Regional Office, Cairo, Egypt.

  • United Nations Development Programme, Field Office, Ankara, Turkey (rural development trainings in Hungary)

  • UNOPS Head Office, New York (specialized study tours in agriculture

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  • ALTAGRA Business Services, Godollo, Hungary (specialised agency for arranging training programs and study tours in agriculture, agroindustry, animal breeding and production, apiculture, vegetable and fruit growing, post-harvest loss management, farm machinery, organic agriculture, farm management, agricultural finance and agro tourism)

  • AGROSERVICE Agricultural Production, Trading and Services Ltd., Budapest, Hungary (engaged in agricultural production, cereal, oilseed and fruit production, edible oil production, agricultural internet/web services and integrated rural development)

  • PRIMAGRO Bio-Agricultural Production and Trading Partnership, Kozard, Hungary (actively involved in bio-farming and managing a large-scale free-range pig farm, keeping indigenous Mangalica pig)

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  • AgroKozard Procurement, Trading and Warehouse Co-operative, Kozard, Hungary (engaged in securing input-supplies for farmers and agricultural firms, and maintaining grain storages in the area)

  • Szt. Istvan University, Godollo, Hungary (crop and fruit production, land use and natural resources management, agricultural economics, agricultural marketing, integrated plant protection, agricultural construction, alternative energy programmes)

  • National Food Investigation Institute, Budapest, Hungary (for veterinary laboratory trainings)

  • National Animal Health Institute (Central Veterinary Institute), Budapest, Hungary

  • Central Laboratory of the National Agricultural Quality Control Institute, Budapest, Hungary.

  • agricultural scientists and university professors in various fields of professional interests (see attached list of professionals)

  • agricultural and marketing consultants from Hungary and abroad (see attached list of consultants)

  • Kasz-Coop Agricultural Production and Trading Ltd., Derecske, Hungary (a leading large-scale agricultural private enterprise in grain, and fruit production and marketing of farm machinery)

  • Kozard Village Municipality Council, for organization of regional agricultural, gastronomy and fruit festivals.

    • Agricultural and rural development in LEADER spirit

    Euragro had faced with a challenge in Hungary when the country joined the European Unionin 2004. Its activity emphasis was gradually shifted from the production issues towards community and rural development programmes, which had a great influence to the company’s portfolio and performance. While the initial focus was placed on the agricultural production, regional and rural development approach became increasingly dominant. Euragro Rural Development Office has been active to develop Kozard and the micro-regional plans, followed by the LEADER programme for 15 communities.

    Euragro’s outstanding role in rural development was acknowledged by professional visits of Agricultural and Rural Development ministers from Denmark, Sweden, Catalonia-Spain, Thailand and the Finance Minister of South Africa. Euragro receives approx. 300 foreign agricultural professional visitors annually from EU countries (Italy, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, United Kingdom, Ireland, Germany, Lithuania, Denmark, Slovakia, Serbia)

    Euragro is the co-organizer of regular rural tourism, cultural and gastronomy festivals in the North Hungarian region, mobilizing 15,000 visiutors annually.

    Euragro has its headquarters in Kozárd, with high quality human resources, good office and communication infrastructure. Their staff is conversant in six languages (Hungarian, English, French, Italian, Russian, Germany).

    Selected Web references:

    www.euragro.hu

    www.agroservice.hu

    www.cciu.com

    www.ecotrans.org/learning-areas/htm/spa/spa_en_part.htm

    www.ruraltourisminternational.org/

    www.eu-border.net/boss/network/

    www.traintoecolabel.org/

    www.marketingmegoldasok.hu/

    http://nol.hu/cikk/425192/

    http://nol.hu/cikk/402318/

    http://www.nkth.gov.hu/main.php?folderID=486&articleID=4443&ctag=articlelist&iid=1

    www.fejlesztespolitika.gov.hu/

    http://www.ceinet.org/memberList.php?coutry=Hungary

    http://agrowebcee.net/subnetwork/awsee/Expert_consultation_FAOSEUR_19-21July2006_V03b.pdf

    http://www.ecotrans.org/learning-areas/htm/spa/spa_en_bg.htm

    http://www.fao.org/regional/seur/events/transfer/docs/LoP.pdf

    www.vivreurope.org/client/projet/fichiers/E22/178/E22_186.pdf

    http://okoturizmus.hu/hu/node/242

    http://www.invent-tourismus.de/pdf/Broschuere_deutsch.pdf

    http://www.iapso.org/pdf/ASR_2005.pdf

    http://www.magyarradio.hu/read/217275

    http://www.chronica.it/content/gusto/200606/gusto200606_06.php

    http://leaderplus.cec.eu.int/cpdb/public/lag/LagDataFS.aspx?objectId=%7B029CCDAB-93D1-4A5D-9F0A-A60DE3AFE711%7D

    http://www.kezdet.hu/cgi-bin/kezdet.cgi?view=projekt&ID=12667&szID=3057&regioID=8&session=

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