
Incubators of local production of agricultural products

About this good practice
1) A lot of farms are small and do not produce on market
2) There is hidden unemployment and high risk of poverty on rural areas
3) The migration of non-metropolitan youth towards the cities
4) Growing demand for healthy food and food processing require high sanitary
standards – new and significantly improved products (goods and services) and
production process are needed
5) Weak cooperation between farmers
6) Small profitability of direct selling of rural products
7) Industry food is anonymous and less healthy.
Implementation:
There is a possibility to create incubators to process local rural products (kachen incubators) Polish Government under Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020 (Measure 19 - LEADER/CLLD) - implemented in every region in Poland.
A kitchen incubator is a facility which meets all sanitary requirements and is well equipped for small-scale food processing. The main activity of the kitchen Incubator is a service provision of rental by the hour of kitchen space and equipment. It is also training and advisory services on agro-food processing and food preparation. They can help their clients to sell their products. The incubator creates the opportunity to create new products (testing) and services. A creation of kitchen incubators have to be put by a Local Action Group (LAG) into the Local Development Strategy (LDS). As LDS is approved for realization, LAG calls for
proposals and assesses them.
Expert opinion
The initiative for incubators of local agricultural product processing addresses agri-food challenges in rural Poland. Through the LEADER/CLLD initiative, kitchen incubators were established in every region to support small-scale food processing. These facilities meet sanitary standards, provide hourly rentals of equipment and space, and offer training and advisory services. They enable farmers and small producers to create, test, and market new products, fostering cooperation and innovation in the agri-food sector. With funding of up to €116,000 per project, kitchen incubators act as hubs for local partnerships and are replicable in other regions to support the agri-food sector in areas lacking small-scale food processing infrastructure.
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Evidence of success
Potential for learning or transfer
1. It’s construction in forces cooperation between farmers and small food producers (kitchen incubator is like a cluster in the food area)
2. There is possibility to study visits of existing kitchen incubators
3. It is tasty subject
4. It is transferable to another regions, which have another local production
5. Healthy food is very important and increasingly needed in every EU country.
Further information
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Good practice owner
You can contact the good practice owner below for more detailed information.
FSLD MILGA (Foundation in Support of Local Democracy Malopolska Institute of Local
