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Overview on Agriculture and Rural Development activities of
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Overview on Agriculture and Rural Development activities of
50% Plain25% Hilly25% Mountain
22.445,5 Squared KM
4.471,104 INHABITANTS(7.4% of Italy)
Density: 197,5 inhabitants per
km2 - Resident foreign
people: 530.015
The phisical characters
The administrative structure
9 PROVINCES
A differentiated economy
Agriculture3.4%
Industry31.7%
Services64.9%
(GDP SHARES)
The numbers of our agriculture
GDP: 4,250 millions € Employees: 154,000 Age of employees: Average: 62 (27%<50) Number of Farms: 73,476 Total surface: 1,306,010 Ha Useful surface: 1,078,959.99 Ha Medium dimension of Farm: 14 Ha
- Cattle: 580,000- Pigs: 1,312,000- Sheep and goats: 80,000- Horses: 17,000- Poultry: 26,000,000
LIVESTOCK (Units)
VEGETAL PRODUCTS - Hectars
Cereals and industrial crops:843,785.88Vineyards: 55,971.15Fruit Trees:73,759.88Horticulture: 1,450.93Pasture fields: 103,992.15Wood production trees:6,534.90Forests: 165,846.84
Regional Institutons
Regions have legislative power on local development policies.
President of Regional Government
Regional Council (Regional Parliement)50 elected Councillors
Regional Government: 10 “Regional Ministers”
Technical structure
10 DIRECTORATES GENERAL
85 TECHNICAL AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES
16 SPECIALISTIC AGENCIES AND AUTHORITIES
Public support THE REGION BENEFIT FROM NATIONAL
CONTRIBUTIONS AND EUROPEAN FUNDS: ERDF, ESF, EAFRD , FEAMP
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL FOR AGRICULTURE IS MANAGING AUTHORITY OF THE REGION RURAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM , FUNDED FOR THE period 2014 – 2020 WITH 1,2 BILLIONs EURO
DIRECTORATE-GENERAL MANAGES 10 Millions of EURO per YEAR OF OWN FUNDS
• The Directorate for Agriculture is the institution that, under the Council of the Emilia-Romagna Region, exercises the functions conferred on Agriculture, Fisheries, Nutrition and Rural Development.
The Policy mission
• The Directorate acts in guidance, programming and coordination. It
Identifies and promotes policies for sustainable development of rural areas in
Emilia-Romagna
Service for General affairs
Information technology Support
Service
Service for Plans Monitoring and
Evaluation
Service for Innovation of the agricultural
system
Crops production development
Service
Service for Products quality, food chains
and marketing
Fishing economy, Zootechnic and
livestock production Service
Service for Investments in
agricultural holdings
Plant protection
Service
Service for managing of rural countryside and
hunting activities
General-Director
“Orizontal” services
“Specialized” services
Organization of Directorate General for Agriculture, Fishing economy and Hunting management
AGREAPaymentAgency
The operational Functions• research and innovation in agriculture, • protection and promotion of agricultural and food
products, quality systems, • Support to investments in agro-food holdings and
farms• promoting agricultural associations • promoting diversification of farming and farm
tourism,• consumer education and consumers food safety • Development and support of production methods
compatible with the environment and land conservation.
The Directorate is in charge of:
The Regional Priorities
• Quality and safety of food
• Innovation and research
• Multifunction of farms
• Protection and valorization of rural areas
• Emilia-Romagna has 2 DOCG wines, 17 DOC (DOP) and 9 IGT (IGT) wines, with about 60.000 Hectares of Vineyard
• It’s the Third Italian Region for wine production• Emilia-Romagna is at the first place in Europe
for certified products PDO and PGI: 41 branded products (25 PDO e 16 PGI) and two under approval procedure
• (EU = 1085; ITA = 260 PDO / PGI)
The Quality Priority
International Cooperation Activities in the field of Agriculture
• Participation in European Transnational Projects (under the European Objective for Territorial Cooperation)
• Participation in networks (AREPO, AREFLH) • Relationships with Third Countries (Cooperation for
Development and Institutional Building)• Relationships with EU candidate Countries
(Twinning and Institutional Building projects)
Participation in Institutional Building and Twinning projects
• Poland – Rural Development 2000-2006 (concluded 2002)
• Hungary - EU Funds Programming (concluded 2004) • Romania – EAFRD Programming (concluded 2006)• Romania – Paying Agency (concluded 2006) • Turkey - EU Funds Programming (concluded 2006)• Poland – Rural Development 2007-2013 (concluded
2008)• Bulgaria – ERDF programming (concluded 2008)
Participation in Institutional Building and Twinning projects
• Latvia – CAP Reform (concluded 2008) • Croatia – Agricultural inspection (concluded 2008)• Bosnia Herzegovina – Rural Development (concluded
2009) • Bulgaria – Organic Agriculture (concluded 2009)• Serbia – Plant safety (concluded – 2010)• Israel - Policy and Tools for Rural Development
(concluded 2014)• Macedonia - Organic Agriculture Production and Quality
Protection (concluded 2014)
Mario MontanariRegione Emilia-Romagna - Directorate – General for Agriculture, Fishing economy, Wildlife and Hunting managementTel +39051 5274684 – fax +39051 5274659Viale della Fiera, 8 I - 40127 [email protected]
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