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In the Strategic Plan for Agriculture and Rural Development - 2023-2027 we focus on green approaches.

This was stated by the Minister of Agriculture Ivan Ivanov during a hearing in the Permanent Subcommittee for Control over the Management of European Funds to the Committee on European Union Affairs in Parliament.

According to him, the goal is to respond to the requests of the European Commission (EC) in the direction of green approaches. 

The Minister commented that the eco-schemes provide an additional opportunity for activities related to achieving better environmental results.

Ivanov also explained that the document has more flexibility in applying, and the emphasis is on small and medium-sized producers.

"We have given priority to associating groups of farmers, where we give them more intensity when applying," he said.

The Minister stressed that the Ministry of Agriculture has managed to convince the Council of Ministers to provide 60 percent of national funding for the second pillar of rural development, BTA reported. 

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