{"id":21332,"date":"2023-09-15T10:24:55","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T10:24:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.guidaeuroprogettazione.eu\/rural-funds-and-agribusiness-tools-and-updates\/"},"modified":"2025-12-03T17:20:46","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T17:20:46","slug":"rural-funds-and-agribusiness-tools-and-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euknow.it\/en\/rural-funds-and-agribusiness-tools-and-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural funds and agribusiness: tools and updates"},"content":{"rendered":"

Funds for rural development and agrifood supply chains represent a large and strategic share of the EU budget. Let’s learn about the tools and details of programming.<\/p>\n

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European rural funds, a strategic sector<\/b><\/h2>\n

Funds for agricultural and rural development and agribusiness supply chains account for about <\/span>\n one third of the community budget<\/span>\n<\/a>. They include in particular the <\/span>\n EAGF<\/span>\n<\/a> (European Agricultural Guarantee Fund), which supports and regulates farmers’ income and the price of products of agricultural origin, and the <\/span>\n EAFRD<\/span>\n<\/a> (European Agricultural Rural Development Fund), which supports rural development interventions (in line with what the other <\/span>\n Structural Funds<\/span>\n<\/a>).<\/span><\/p>\n

The importance of European rural funds has strategic reasons. In fact, food production is subject to physical (climate, water supplies, disease) and market risks (international competition, fluctuations in quantity and price, low farm incomes) that, in the absence of subsidies, would lead to its sharp decline. Domestic food production and, in general, the quality of food production, however, is crucial to the livelihood and independence of EU countries, the preservation of public health and the maintenance of local organisations and natural environments.<\/span><\/p>\n

The new programming of the Common Agricultural Policy, the European framework for this sector, has <\/span>\n entered into full swing this year<\/span>\n<\/a> and will cover the period 2023-2027, after a transitional phase (2021-2022). New information and consultation tools are now available to better understand and use this important source of funding. Let’s find out together.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The tools of the National Rural Network portal<\/b><\/h2>\n

The National Rural Network, supported by a broad partnership under the auspices of the Ministry of Agriculture, has developed a <\/span>\n dedicated portal<\/span>\n<\/a> full of tools to inquire about the programming and use of agricultural and rural funds for the period 2023-2027:<\/span><\/p>\n