€200 million to promote European agri-food products

The European Commission will allocate €200.9 million in 2020 to fund promotion activities for EU agri-food products at home and abroad. The 2020 promotion policy work programme adopted by the Commission outlines the main priorities for support. EU policy on the promotion of agri-food products is designed to help the sector take advantage of the expanding and increasingly dynamic global agri-food market, raise awareness on quality schemes including organic produce and help producers should they face market disturbances.

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EUR 450 million for Romania’s Rural Development Programme

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 450 million to Romania to finance its national contribution to the implementation of the Romanian Rural Development Programme (RDP) together with grants from the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development in the period 2014-2020. The loan was signed on the margins of the meeting of the EIB’s Board of Directors taking place in Bucharest on 17-18 September.

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Funding opportunities under the Common Agricultural Policy

Financial Instruments are an efficient way to invest in the sustainable growth and development of businesses and resources in the agriculture and forestry sectors as well as in the broader rural economy. Taking shapes such as loans, guarantees and equity, financial instruments can support a broad range of projects and beneficiaries, with the potential to raise further private capital for investing in our rural areas.

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