Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development
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The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development or DG AGRI is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The DG AGRI is responsible for the European Union policy area of agriculture.
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[edit] Mission
The mission statement of DG Agri is closely linked to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The DG's current concrete concerns include[1]:
- Managing and developing the CAP
- Reinforcing rural development policy as the "second pillar of the CAP"
- Safeguarding the European model of agriculture
- Conducting the enlargement process
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[edit] Resources
The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development has a staff of about 1000 people.
- Commissioner: Mariann Fischer Boel
- Director General: José Manuel Silva Rodríguez
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[edit] Structure
The DG AGRI encompasses 12 Directorates, all headquarted in Brussels, Belgium:
- AI: International Affairs I, (in particular WTO negotiations)
- AII: International Affairs II, (in particular enlargement)
- B: Relations with other Institutions; Communication and Documentation
- C: Economics of Agricultural Markets
- D: Direct Support, Market Measures, Promotion
- EI: Rural Development Programmes I
- EII: Rural Development Programmes II (SAPARD)
- F: Horizontal Aspects of Rural Development
- G: Economic Analyses and Evaluation
- H: Agricultural Legislation
- I: Internal Resource Management
- J: Audit of Agricultural Expenditure
