European Commissioner For Agriculture And Rural Development
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The Commissioner for Agriculture is a member of the
European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the primary Executive (government), executive arm of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with a number of European Commissioner, members of the Commission (directorial system, informall ...
. The post is currently held by Commissioner Christophe Hansen. The post is in charge of rural issues, including most notably the controversial
Common Agricultural Policy The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy of the European Commission. It implements a system of agricultural subsidies and other programmes. It was introduced in 1962 and has since then undergone several changes to reduce ...
(CAP) which represents 44% of the EU budget. They also participate in meetings of the
Agriculture and Fisheries Council The Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) is one of the configurations of the Council of the European Union and is composed of the agriculture and fisheries ministers of the 27 European Union member states. Its competencies include the Commo ...
(Agrifish) configuration of the
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Agriculture and Fisheries Council The Agriculture and Fisheries Council (AGRIFISH) is one of the configurations of the Council of the European Union and is composed of the agriculture and fisheries ministers of the 27 European Union member states. Its competencies include the Commo ...
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Common Agricultural Policy The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy of the European Commission. It implements a system of agricultural subsidies and other programmes. It was introduced in 1962 and has since then undergone several changes to reduce ...
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Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The DG AGRI is responsible for the European Union policy area of agriculture and rural development. The work of the DG AGRI ...
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Directorate-General for Agriculture, Fisheries, Social Affairs and Health The Directorate-General for Agriculture, Fisheries, Social Affairs and Health is a directorate-general of the Council of the European Union that prepares the work and tasks of the Agriculture and Fisheries Council. See also * Special Committee ...
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Doha Development Round The Doha Development Round or Doha Development Agenda (DDA) is the trade-negotiation round of the World Trade Organization (WTO) which commenced in November 2001 under then director-general Mike Moore. Its objective was to lower trade barriers ...
* European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development *
Geographical indications and traditional specialities in the European Union Three European Union schemes of geographical indications and Traditional food, traditional specialties, known as protected designation of origin (PDO), protected geographical indication (PGI), and traditional speciality guaranteed (TSG), promote ...
* Land allocation decision support system * Single Payment Scheme


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External links


Commissioner's website


{{CommissionPortfolios European Union and agriculture Agriculture and Rural Development