It's a part of the Village Development Bank it's not a real bank, but it's a fund microcredit.

Rural and agricultural development

Some of my colleagues reject this motion.

They plant the trees, and the money goes into their microcredit fund, which we call the Village Development Bank.

Where projects approved under Regulation (EC) No 1258 1999 can no longer be funded under that instrument, they may be integrated into rural development programming and financed under the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund.

We call this our School Based Integrated Rural Development.

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women, including indigenous women, in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

Recognizing the critical role and contribution of rural women in enhancing agricultural and rural development, improving food security and eradicating rural poverty,

For the sake of consistency and also in the interests of justice, the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy is proposing to extend the scope of these exceptions somewhat.

As well as in the title of Title II of Part Two, terminology should be adjusted in Article 155(1) and (3) of the Financial Regulation so that reference is made only to the structural funds, the cohesion fund, the fisheries fund and the rural development fund.

However, paragraph 1 of this Article shall apply to expenditure for rural development under the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund, Guarantee Section, according to Article 47a of Council Regulation (EC) No 1257 1999 of 17 May 1999 on support for rural development from the European Agricultural Guidance and Guarantee Fund (EAGGF) and amending and repealing certain regulations(

Moreover I think that amongst the major objectives to be considered there should also figure the actual conservation (and not only the development) of the countryside, the restoration ot its rustic nature, with the rural population settled in its midst, and the prudent development of rural tourism.

35. Recognizes that the eradication of rural poverty and hunger is crucial for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including those contained in the Millennium Declaration, and that rural development should be an integral part of national and international development policies

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The reform of the Structural Funds has led to the introduction of vital instruments which may also be used for rural development.

Under our rural development measures, we will, of course, continue to encourage new economic activities both on and off the farm.

administrative and control structures for agriculture and rural development, including the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS)

Will the Council outline its position on the development of new initiatives in the area of rural policy and to what extent does it consider German reunification will impose additional demands on the Community's rural policy ?

When it became clear that Goodman International was facing difficulties last August, following the development of the Gulf crisis, I was seriously concerned at the implications for the overall beef sector, for farmers and for employment.

And if I split Guizhou into urban and rural, the rural part of Guizhou goes down there.

Assistance from the ESF and EAGGF is provided under the Objective 3 programmes and the rural development (PDR) and Leader programmes.

42. We recognize the considerable contribution of arrangements such as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries Fund initiated by a group of developing countries, as well as the potential contribution of the South Fund for Development and Humanitarian Assistance, to development activities in developing countries.

That is not the right text.

(iv) The Fund for the Development of Indigenous Peoples in Latin America and the Caribbean

European laws shall establish implementing measures relating to the European Regional Development Fund.

In addition, we recognize that rural development goes much wider than agriculture and that it is important to make the best use of indigenous potential for the development of the regions in greatest need.

I live in a rural area.

Our rapporteur, Mr Donnely, has done everything in his power to adjust the proposed texts, but the essential issues have already been decided.

DE GUCHT ation procedure must be applied to the full and that there really is every reason to do so in this case.

assist rural tourism businesses

1 am surprised and disappointed that the Council should have made such deep cuts in the amounts proposed in the preliminary draft, which our Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development has decided to reinstate.

Noting the preparatory work being carried out by the Commission on Sustainable Development for its next two year cycle, with the thematic focus on agriculture, rural development, land, drought, desertification and Africa,

As under option 2, Structural Funds could be used to complement rural development measures implemented in the regions affected.

HOWELL (ED), draftsman of the opinion of the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural De velopment. Mr President, this is a time of great uncertainty for Community farmers.

37. Also recognizes that the eradication of rural poverty and hunger is crucial for the achievement of the internationally agreed development goals, including the Millennium Development Goals, and that rural development should be an integral part of national and international development policies

GRAEFE ZU BARINGDORF (V), vice chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural De velopment. (DE) Mr President, my committee favours urgency.

FUCHS (S), rapporteur. (FR) Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, setting up a common system of VAT is essential to the removal of internal frontiers in the Community by 1 January 1993.

This compromise raises three main questions, and these are addressed by the main amendments adopted by the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs and Industrial Policy.

Wishing to promote cooperation between the United Nations and the OPEC Fund for International Development,

Most people in the developing world live in the rural sector, which is why free and fair trade in agriculture matters.

Agritourism, going to vineyards and going to farms.

It's essentially a village health worker, a matron.

COIMBRA MARTINS (S), in writing. (PT) The rapporteur, Mr Fantuzzi, in considering the Commission communication on the guidelines for rural development, has given his views above all on the project for 'rural crossroads' (carrefours ruraux) or rural communication centres, which the Commission hopes will speed up development on the basis of information, and on experience with these centres.