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22.11.2012|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Minister of Agriculture: competitive agriculture is the best food security guarantee
22.11.2012
Addressing the Parliament of Estonia, Helir-Valdor Seeder, the Minister of Agriculture, told that Estonia must ask itself where is the balance between industrial production and traditional family farms and how to maintain food production and the more purposeful use of land...
25.06.2012|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Estonia and Georgia Signed a Cooperation Programme
25.06.2012
On 20 June, Mr. Peeter Seestrand, Deputy Secretary General of the Ministry of Agriculture of Estonia, and Mr. Konstantine Kobaxidze, Deputy Minister of Agriculture of Georgia, signed a bilateral cooperation programme for the period 2012–2014.
The programme...
20.05.2012|Ministry of Rural Affairs
The European Parliament is ready to support the harmonisation of direct support
10.05.2012
The European Parliament is ready to consider the suggestion by the Baltic States regarding the harmonisation of agricultural direct support and make a corresponding proposal in their June report.
Last night, the Ministers of Agriculture of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania...
19.04.2012|Ministry of Rural Affairs
The Minister of Agriculture is participating at the conference of the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN (FAO)
19.04.2012
The Minister of Agriculture Helir-Valdor Seeder is participating today at the FAO Regional Conference for Europe in Baku and will give a speech there.
The conference will give an overview on the last session of the food security committee and its reform and discuss the...
22.02.2012|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Estonia Becomes the Donor for International Agricultural Assistance
22.02.2012
Estonia became the member of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) today, which gives us an opportunity to contribute to ensuring the stability of developing countries.
“The global relevance of agricultural assistance has increased significantly in...
31.01.2012|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Baltic States are planning joint steps to influence the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy
31.01.2012
Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania continue their discussions to specify common positions and tactical approach in the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy of the European Union.
The Minister of Agriculture of Estonia Helir-Valdor Seeder met yesterday in Riga with his...
30.11.2011|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Latvia Supports Estonian Demands for the Harmonisation of Agricultural Support
30.11.2011
The Minister of Agriculture of Estonia Helir-Valdor Seeder met today with the Prime Minister and Minister of Agriculture of Latvia who supported the Estonian demands for faster harmonisation of direct support.
I am very glad that we share the same positions with Latvia...
30.06.2011|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Estonian Contact Centre Based on Skype Technology was Opened in Rome
30.06.2011
The Minister of Agriculture of Estonia Helir-Valdor Seeder opened the Estonian Contact Centre at the headquarters of the Food and Agriculture Organisation.
Seeder said to the representatives of different countries who participated in the opening that this centre is...
03.06.2011|Ministry of Rural Affairs
Seeder: We expect Ukraine to lower customs duties for fish
03.06.2011
The Minister of Agriculture of Ukraine Nikolay Pryasyazhnuk promised at today’s meeting with the Estonian Minister of Agriculture Helir-Valdor Seeder to actively deal with the problems connected to custom duties, which hinders the export of Estonian fish to Ukraine.
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31.05.2011|Ministry of Rural Affairs
The Ministers of Agriculture Emphasised the Importance of Food Safety
31.05.2011
EU Agriculture Ministers discussed at their extraordinary session today in Hungary the crisis in the vegetable market caused by the contamination of cucumbers with E.coli and emphasised the importance of food safety.
"This incident proves again how important and also...