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To enhance further the environmental and climate-change mitigating elements of the CAP; To allow farmers to face new challenges, such as climate change, renewable energies, water management and biodiversity

To support programmes carried out by producers organisations and interbranch organisations in the area of improvement of environmental impact

To enhance environmental safeguards

To highlight the advantages of the EU products, especially in terms of environmental friendliness of their production and raise the awareness about the EU system covering organic production

To improve vineyard management techniques, in particular the introduction of advanced systems of sustainable production

To safeguard producers' incomes where these are affected by natural disasters, adverse climatic events, diseases or pest infestations

To highlight the advantages of the EU products, especially in terms of environmental friendliness of their production and raise the awareness about the EU system covering organic production

To enhance the environmental performance of the CAP by complementing cross-compliance and second pillar agro-environment-climate schemes

To create an incentive to maintain the current levels of production in regions or in sectors undergoing certain difficulties and that are particularly important for economic, social or environmental reasons

To contribute to the achievement of the Common Agricultural Policy's objectives while integrating major policy priorities as spelled out in the conclusions of the Lisbon and Göteborg European Councils for competitiveness and sustainable developmentAdditional information:The Europe 2020 Strategy, the EU Environmental Action Programme 2020 and the 2020 Climate and Energy Package are just as relevant to the countryside as to the towns and cities. The EU's rural development policy is all about meeting the challenges faced by rural areas, and unlocking their potential.Theoretically, individual EU Member States could decide and operate completely independent rural development policies. However, this approach would work poorly in practice. Not all countries in the EU would be able to afford the policy which they needed. Moreover, many of the issues addressed through rural development policy do not divide up neatly at national or regional boundaries, but affect people further (for example pollution crosses borders all too easily; and more generally, environmental sustainability has become a European and international concern). (...)Member States build their 2014-2020 Rural Development Programmes based upon at least four of the six common EU priorities:1. fostering knowledge transfer and innovation in agriculture, forestry and rural areas;2. enhancing the viability / competitiveness of all types of agriculture, and promoting innovative farm technologies and sustainable forest management;3. promoting food chain organisation, animal welfare and risk management in agriculture;4. restoring, preserving and enhancing ecosystems related to agriculture and forestry;5. promoting resource efficiency and supporting the shift toward a low-carbon and climate-resilient economy in the agriculture, food and forestry sectors;6. promoting social inclusion, poverty reduction and economic development in rural areas.