The Second Pillar of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union is being implemented in Cyprus through the Rural Development Program 2014 - 2020, said Mr. Kougialis, adding that the program is one of the main tools of agricultural policy and aims to develop the primary production sector. and the Cypriot countryside.
As the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment, we are proceeding with a courageous reform of the entire agricultural sector, said the Minister of Agriculture, according to an official announcement.
He explained that the Program has been prepared after a thorough study of the current situation of the primary production sector and has been adapted as much as possible to the real needs of the sector and is sufficiently targeted and based on the priorities of our Ministry, for rural development and general development. orientation of the current government, while it is in full complementarity and synergy with the other Investment and Structural Funds implemented by the Republic of Cyprus.
The Rural Development Program 2014-2020 consists of a series of measures aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of agriculture, ensuring the sustainable management of natural resources and achieving a balanced territorial development, including the creation of new jobs, he continued.
He also said that an amount of 243 million euros will be allocated through the Program, of which 132,2 million come from the European Union, while the remaining amount of 111,1 million euros will be allocated by the Republic of Cyprus as a National Participation.
Our goal and effort, through the targeted measures and actions, is each euro from € 243m. which will be available to have multiplier value, significantly strengthening, in the coming years, the rural economy of the place, he said stating that the Managing Authority of the Rural Development Program 2014-2020, in cooperation with all involved services has prepared a detailed timetable for the measures of the new Program, which is already being implemented.
Source: KYPE