Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development

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The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development or 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 is closely linked with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

The Director-General (as of October 2010) is José Silva Rodríguez. The Director-General is under the authority of the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, currently (as of November 2014) Phil Hogan.

Mission

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

Resources

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

Structure

The DG AGRI encompasses 12 Directorates, all headquartered in Brussels, Belgium:

See also

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