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6.6 Objectives of the Priority (Sub-Programme)
6.6.1 Strategy

The strategy for the BMW Regional OP is to concentrate specifically on the following elements.

  • improve farm structures including animal welfare, hygiene, product quality
  • provide incentives for the protection of the environment and prevent pollution from far waste
  • develop the horticulture, potato and organic sectors and develop other alternative enterprises, including the sport horse industry at farm level
  • provide rural enterprise support Measures, especially those contained in the White Paper on Rural Development
  • provide back-up advisory services in the agriculture and related rural development areas.

The Agriculture and Rural Development Sub-Programme will complement other Measures under both the Inter-Regional and the Regional OPs by supporting development within rural communities and in this way contributing to the key objective of more balanced regional development. In the Border, Midland and Western Region where the farm structures are particularly poor and many smaller farms do not have the capacity to support full time farming, Measures designed to support the development of off-farm income and agricultural diversification will be particularly important.

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