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05.06.2014|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Rural Development Plan 2007–2013 supported the realization of 23 000 investment projects
Within 2007–2013, 23 000 investment projects have been carried out in Estonian agriculture, food industry and other rural enterprise. Last year, rural development support payments totalled 162 million euros as becomes evident from the Estonian Rural Development Plan 2007–2013 (RDP) monitoring...
05.06.2014|Ministry of Rural Affairs
First quarter successful for the dairy sector
During the first quarter of this year, compared with the same period of the previous year, milk production increased by 10%. Both the number and productivity of cows have gone up as becomes evident from the overview of the first quarter in the sector of agriculture.
In a year, purchase of...
04.06.2014|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Estonia helps Ukraine to adapt to the EU agricultural requirements
Today, Minister of Agriculture Ivari Padar met the Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine Igor Shvaika to sign the action plan for strengthening cooperation in the sector of agriculture. Estonia helps Ukraine to adapt to the EU common agricultural policy.
„In the sector of agriculture,...
29.05.2014|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Padar: EU support set Estonian agriculture on its feet
Today, Minister of Agriculture Ivari Padar met more than 20 Moldovan journalists in Tallinn with a view to speak about the impact of the EU on the development of Estonian agriculture. Padar underlined that the EU support has set Estonian agriculture on feet and now increase in production can be...
28.02.2014|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Meeting between the Ambassador of Greece to Estonia and the Minister of Agriculture
On 19 February 2014, H.E. Mr. Constantine Catsambis, the Ambassador of Greece to Estonia, paid a visit to Minister Helir-Valdor Seeder.
The most important issues discussed were the following:
The informal meeting of the ministers of agriculture and fisheries in Athens on 5–6 May 2014.
The...
11.12.2013|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Fresh from the press: Statistics on Estonian rural life, agriculture and fisheries for 2007-2012
The Ministry of Agriculture this week issued Food, Agriculture, Rural Life, Fisheries 2013 - a statistical publication that provides important data on Estonian food industry, agriculture, rural life and fisheries.
The brochure provides statistics concerning food production, agricultural...
22.11.2013|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Growing importance of Finland in the export of Estonian agricultural products
In 2012, among Estonian agricultural products target export countries Finland occupied the first place for the first time. During the first nine months of this year, 18,1 % of Estonian export of agricultural products went to Finland.
"Over the years, Finland has been an...
19.11.2013|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Minister Helir-Valdor Seeder interested in Israel's dairy sector
Helir-Valdor Seeder, the minister of agriculture of Estonia, visited Israel on November 11-15. The Estonian minister met with Yair Shamir, Israel’s minister of agriculture and rural life. The centre of Mr Seeder’s main interest was Israel’s dairy sector. Israel has the world top level milk...
06.11.2013|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Second Agroforum Balticum to take place in Tartu in April 2014
06.11.2013
The second international discussion forum Agroforum Balticum will take place in Tartu, Estonia in April 23, 2014. This time, the main topics of discussion will involve free trade and fair trade in agriculture.
The Agroforum brings together many leading figures and...
05.08.2013|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Minister Helir-Valdor Seeder visited Schleswig-Holstein to further agricultural trade relations
05.08.2013
Estonia’s Minister of Agriculture Helir-Valdor Seeder and Mr Ruve Šank, Head of the Foreign Affairs Department, visited the German Federal State Schleswig-Holstein from 12 to 14 July 2013. The visit took place by an invitation of the Minister for Agriculture of Schleswig-...