Following the publication of the Task Force for Rural Africa report - an agri-food and rural agenda for the new ‘Africa-Europe Alliance for Sustainabl...
According to the recommendations of this group of African and European experts, Africa and the EU should develop a partnership operating at three leve...
Rural areas make up 44% to 80% of every EU country. These diverse territories play home to a wide variety of flora and fauna, wonderful wildlife and n...
At the High-level forum Africa-Europe 2018, the Task Force Rural Africa presented its recommendations for sustainable development and job creation in...
Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan and Commissioner for Education, Culture, Youth and Sport Tibor Navracsics are meeting to...
The Task force rural Africa is holding its fourth meeting today and tomorrow, 11th and 12th October, in Brussels. Trade, value chains, regional market...
Presidency press release after the informal meeting of agriculture ministers, 23-25 September 2018, Schloss Hof, Austria
With a population expected to double by 2050 from 1.2 billion to 2.4 billion predominantly young people, the African continent will need to foster job...
EU agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan signed today in Romania a European Investment Fund (EIF) financing agreement that will channel over €150 milli...
For the next long-term EU budget 2021-2027, the Commission is proposing to modernise and simplify the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
EU countries that wish to extend the deadline for farmers to submit their applications for direct payments and certain payment claims under rural deve...
EU Commissioner for Agriculture & Rural Development Phil Hogan today (April 20th) stated that his top priority in the ongoing EU budget negotiatio...
New financing initiative targets investments by private cooperatives and companies in the agriculture sector. The EIB financing amounts to €400m and i...
Under rural development policy, forestry measures cover the needs of the forest sector. They provide tools for member states and beneficiaries to supp...
The storage capacity for cereals, oilseed complex and protein crops in the EU has risen to 359 million tonnes since 2005, but there are still bottlene...
A new expert group is to be created by the European Commission to provide expertise, advice and possible recommendations on enhancing the role of the...
Heads-of-state, ministers and government representatives gathered for the opening of the 41st session of the Governing Council of the International Fu...
The European Commission launched today a three-month public consultation to gather the impressions of citizens and stakeholders on the rural developme...
A new report published today highlights what the five EU funds have achieved since the beginning of the funding period, as the implementation of the 2...
