12th financial report on the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) – 2018 financial year

Summary:

Report presented on 25 September 2019 by the European Commission on the administration of the EAFRD during the 2018 financial year.

Further information:

The European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) supports European policy on rural development. To this end, it finances rural development programmes across the Member States and the regions of the Union.

For the 2014-20 programming period, the Fund focuses on three main objectives:

• fostering the competitiveness of agriculture
• ensuring the sustainable management of natural resources, and climate action
• achieving a balanced territorial development of rural economies and communities including the creation and maintenance of employment.

European Commission: DG Agriculture and Rural Development: Financing the CAP: Financial reports: EAFRD https://ec.europa.eu/agriculture/cap-funding/financial-reports/eafrd_en

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