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Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of The CAP): Policy Framework:
• Restoring of agricultural production potential. In order to prevent the negative consequences of natural disasters, adverse climatic events and catastrophic events, investments in prevention and restoration may be supported. In case of investments for restoration, the level of destruction shall be at least 30% of the relevant agricultural production potential.

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of The CAP): Policy Framework:
• Business start up for the development of small farms. Support is provided to existing small farms (as defined by MS) for ensuring their sustainable development and growth and shall be granted to farmers who submit a business plan. (...)

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of The CAP): Policy Framework:
• Basic services for the economy and rural population. The support covers the development of local basic services, including cultural and leisure activities, and investments in small scale infrastructure. Specific derogations for the size exist for the investments in broadband and renewable energy. Conservation and upgrading of the rural heritage are also eligible here. The support covers the drawing up of protection and management plans relating to Natura 2000 sites and other places of high natural value, environmental awareness actions and investments associated with maintenance, restoration and upgrading of the natural heritage and with the development of high natural value sites.

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of The CAP): Policy Framework:
• Forestry support contributes to the achievement of some of the most crucial environmental, societal and economic targets of the rural development policy. Forests have an important role in management of natural resources Forests provide key ecosystem services such as sequestering carbon, protecting soil and water, preserving biodiversity, supplying energy and raw material for a low carbon economy, while allowing recreational activities. Therefore, the support aims at establishing forests and agro forestry systems, prevention and restoration of damaged forests. Moreover, the support covers investments improving the resilience and environmental value of forests and investments in forestry technologies and in processing, mobilising and marketing of forest products. A separate support scheme is dedicated to operations of forest environmental and climate services and forest conservation.

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of The CAP): Policy Framework:
• Agri environment climate payments. Member States/regions must make the support under this measure available throughout their territories, in accordance with their specific national, regional or local specific needs and priorities. The exact types of operation/intervention to be available in a given part of that territory will depend on the particular environmental/climate needs identified by Member States/regions in the SWOT analysis. Agri environment climate payments aim to preserve and promote the necessary changes to agricultural practices that make a positive contribution to the environment and climate. The support under this measure can be granted to farmers, groups of farmers or groups of farmers and other land managers and in justified cases also to other land managers or their groups who undertake voluntary agri environment climate commitments on agricultural land. (...) Support may also be provided for the conservation and the sustainable use and development of genetic resources in agriculture.

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of The CAP): Policy Framework:

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of The CAP): Policy Framework:
• Payments to areas facing natural or other specific constraints compensate farmers annually per hectare for all or part of the additional costs and income foregone related to the constraints for agricultural production in the area concerned. Payments encourage continued use of agricultural land, contribute to maintaining the countryside and to maintain and promote sustainable farming systems.

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of The CAP): Policy Framework:
• The Co Operation Measure: (...) It can support operational groups under the European Innovation Partnership Agricultural Productivity and Sustainability, experimental work to develop new products, processes and technologies in the agri food and forest sectors, co operation among small operators in organising joint work processes and sharing facilities and resources, co operation among supply chain actors for the establishment and development of short supply chains and local markets, joint action undertaken with a view to mitigating or adapting to climate change as well as environmental projects and practices, horizontal and vertical co operation among supply chain actors in the sustainable provision of biomass, public private partnerships/non LEADER local development strategies, drawing up of forest management plans, diversification of farming activities into activities concerning health care, social integration, community supported agriculture and education about the environment and food. (...)

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of The CAP): Policy Framework:
• The Risk Management Measure (...) The insurance and mutual funds sub measures support affiliated farmers in managing their production risks as regards losses to their animal husbandry or crop caused by crisis events including adverse climatic events, animal and plant diseases, pest infestations, and environmental incidents

Measures Financed by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development ("Second Pillar" of The CAP): Policy Framework:
• LEADER is an integrated territorial development tool on sub regional ("local") level. It directly contributes to the balanced territorial development of rural areas, which is one of the overall objectives of the rural development policy. The implementation of LEADER Local Development Strategies (LDS) can reinforce territorial coherence and contribute to the long term sustainable development of an area. (...)