The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development (DG AGRI) is a

Directorate-General Within the European Union, Directorates-General are departments with specific zones of responsibility, the equivalent of ministries at a national level. Most are headed by a European Commissioner, responsible for the general direction of the Dir ...

of the

European Commission The European Commission (EC) is the executive of the European Union (EU). It operates as a cabinet government, with 27 members of the Commission (informally known as "Commissioners") headed by a President. It includes an administrative body ...

. The DG AGRI is responsible for the

European Union The European Union (EU) is a supranational union, supranational political union, political and economic union of Member state of the European Union, member states that are located primarily in Europe, Europe. The union has a total area of ...

policy area of agriculture and rural development. The work of the DG AGRI is closely linked with the

Common Agricultural Policy The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is the agricultural policy of the European Union. It implements a system of agricultural subsidies and other programmes. It was introduced in 1962 and has since then undergone several changes to reduce the ...

(CAP). The Director-General (since April 2020) is Wolfgang Burtscher,Commission promotes deputy chief for research and innovation to head of agriculture
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European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development The Commissioner for Agriculture is a member of the European Commission. The post is currently held by Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski. The post is in charge of rural issues including most notably the controversial Common Agricultural Policy ...

in the

von der Leyen Commission The von der Leyen Commission is the current European Commission, in office since 1 December 2019 and is to last until the 2024 elections. It has Ursula von der Leyen as its president and it further consists of one commissioner from each of the ...

Janusz Wojciechowski Janusz Czesław Wojciechowski (born 6 December 1954 in Rawa Mazowiecka) is a Polish politician and was a long-standing Member of the European Parliament, elected from the Lodz Voivodship representing the Polish People's Party (PSL) (2004–2006 ...

, who took office in December 2019. Its address is 130 Rue de la Loi, Brussels.

Mission

The mission statement of DG Agri is closely linked to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). The DG's current concrete concerns includ

* 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

Leadership and staff

The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development has a staff of about 1000 people.

Commissioner

The

have been *

Phil Hogan Phil Hogan (born 4 July 1960) is an Irish Fine Gael politician who served as European Commissioner for Trade between 2019 and 2020, and previously European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development between 2014 and 2019. He previously ...

(2014–2019) *

(2019–)

Directors General

* José Manuel Silva Rodríguez (1999–2005) *

Jean-Luc Demarty Jean-Luc may refer to: In politics: * Jean-Luc Bennahmias (born 1954), a French politician and Member of the European Parliament * Jean-Luc Dehaene (1940–2014), a Flemish politician * Jean-Luc Laurent (born 1957), a French politician * Jean-Luc ...

(2005–2010) * José Manuel Silva Rodríguez (2010–2013) * Jerzy Bogdan Plewa (2013–2019) *

María Angeles Benítez Salas María Angeles Benítez Salas is a Spanish lawyer and high-ranking official of the European Commission. She has served as Deputy Director-General of the Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development from 2016 to 2021 and as acting Direct ...

(2020, acting) * Wolfgang Burtscher (2020–)

Structure

The DG AGRI encompasses 12 Directorates, all headquartered in

Brussels Brussels (french: Bruxelles or ; nl, Brussel ), officially the Brussels-Capital Region (All text and all but one graphic show the English name as Brussels-Capital Region.) (french: link=no, Région de Bruxelles-Capitale; nl, link=no, Bruss ...

: * A: International Affairs I, (in particular WTO negotiations) * B: International Affairs II, (in particular enlargement) * C: Economics of Agricultural Markets and single CMO * D: Direct Support, Market Measures, Promotion * E: Rural Development Programmes I * F: Rural Development Programmes II (

SAPARD SAPARD (Special Accession Programme for Agriculture and Rural Development) was a financial assistance program established in June 1999 by the Council of the European Union to help countries of Central and Eastern Europe deal with the problems of ...

) * G: Horizontal Aspects of Rural Development * H: Sustainability and quality of agriculture and rural development * I: Internal Resource Management * J: Audit of Agricultural Expenditure * K: Relations with other Institutions; Communication and Documentation * L: Economic Analyses, Perspectives and Evaluation * M: Agricultural Legislation

References

External links

Directorate General for Agriculture and Rural Development
Agriculture and Rural Development European Union and agriculture

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