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Odorica - Family Farm with Homemade products and Agrotourism (SK)
| Contributor | Tina Hedi Zakonjsek |
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| Country | Slovakia |
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| Release date | 09/07/2014 |
| Landscape type | Rural |
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Good Practice Innovation Sheet – Family farm with home made products and agro-tourism |
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Description |
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1. WHO |
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Key people and organisations (initiator, leader, partners) |
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AFRA - Zuzana Homolová, Michala Hlaváčka 21, 054 01 Levoča, +421(0905)580 141, afra@afrabio.sk |
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Key Figures |
Surface |
Inhabitants |
Tourism arrivals |
Tourism nights |
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100 ha |
10 |
250 |
1000 |
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2. WHY |
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Reason for taking the good practice action |
Odorica is a family farm where two families united after 1989 when their property taken by the communist regime was returned to them. They achieved a remarkable success and apart of farming created a number of rural development and tourism opportunities. Among those are eco-camps, horse riding, rural tourism events, production of local food specialities, medical herbs growing. |
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Issues and challenge |
- to return to the heritage of our ancestors - to offer local organic products - to offer natural alternative to medicaments - to provide a natural sanctuary |
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3. HOW |
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Methods /steps / tools used (to develop the good practice) |
- rebuilding the farm from the beginning - breeding of a variety of domestic animals (hogs, goats, sheep, chicken, horses, dogs, cats) for use and pleasure - growing various herbs as natural remedies - create sanctuary for tourists wishing to experience real rural life |
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4. RESULT |
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Specific/measurable results, benefits |
- more than 1,000 nights in accommodation capacities per year - 8 eco-camps since 2006 - around 30 events per year on the farm or taking part at |
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Recognitions (e.g. awards) |
sme.sk selected agro-tourism destination in 2014 (http://zena.sme.sk/c/7262508/agroturistika-bohate-zazitky-rovno-pod-nosom.html?ref=tit) |
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5. REFLECTION |
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Lessons learned |
Necessity of cooperation on the local and regional level – forming a good example for the whole country. |
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Challenges met |
- raising awareness about the family farm and its products - establishing long-term working cooperation with local and regional tourism actors - finding and expanding the market for the farm's products |
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Critical success factors |
- being special in the services and products the farm provides - being true to nature - being cooperative - addressing the needs of the customers |
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6. MORE |
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web-references, documents |
http://www.odorica.sk/agroturistika/ http://zena.sme.sk/c/7262508/agroturistika-bohate-zazitky-rovno-pod-nosom.html?ref=tit |
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