Agriculture and fisheries
Article 58
Cooperation shall be aimed at the modernisation and restructuring, where necessary, of the agriculture, forestry and fisheries sectors. It shall in particular be aimed at: — support for policies geared to developing and diversifying production, — food security, — integrated rural development, including improvement of basic services and development of ancillary economic activities, — promoting environmentally-friendly forms of agriculture and fisheries, — the evaluation and rational management of natural resources, — establishing closer relations, on a voluntary basis, between enterprises, groupings and professional organisations representing the agricultural, fisheries and agri-business sectors, — technical assistance and training, — harmonising phytosanitary and veterinary standards and checks, — cooperation between rural areas, exchange of experience and know-how on rural development, — support for privatisation, — the evaluation and rational management of fish stocks, — support for research programmes.