Rural Development

• Agricultural and breeding facilities
• Land development and pastoral hydraulics
• Organisation of breeders’ and farmers’ associations.
• Marketing network for agricultural production
• Agro-sylvo-pastoral community projects
• Socio-economics of rural populations.

Animal and agricultural production

• Animal husbandry, breeding and expansion of local breeds.
• Integrated village fish farming.
• Animal feed. Natural forage crops and agrostology.
• Food crops. Use of agricultural and horticultural residues.
• Animal production tailored to different types of breeding and to the local conditions.
• Design of livestock and agricultural infrastructures, as well as facilities for processing, conditioning and storing meaty and agricultural products.

Animal Health

• Legislation and organisation of veterinary services.
• Regulatory approximation to international standards
• Identification and registration of animals, traceability.
• Network of epidemiology surveillance, epizootic control and early warning systems.
• Treatment and quarantine centres, border inspection posts.
• Laboratories for diagnosis and veterinary samples analysis.

Food Safety

• Sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) legislation and regulation of the agri-food sector.
• Food quality and hygiene: acquis communautaire and approximation to European standards.
• Phytosanitary and phytotechnical laboratories: implementation of ISO 17025 standard.
• Regulation monitoring and information management systems.
• Feedstuffs inspection posts and border posts.
• Regulation and management of phytosanitary and veterinary residue.

Environment and agro-pastoralism

• Rational management and preservation of agro-pastoral ranges
• Improving pasture for sustainable development.
• Preservation of sites and natural resources.
• Soil conservation and erosion control.
• Community reforestation and extension of protection techniques.
• Creation and rehabilitation of national parks.