This Decree-Law, composed of 18 articles, regulates the guidelines for the implementation of the Rural Development Plan (RURIS) until 2006. RURIS, through its four components, namely agro-environmental measures, compensation measures, agricultural land reforestation, anticipated reform, aims at promoting a competitive agriculture well-suited with a sustainable rural development. This Decree-Law is part of a simplification process of the coordination and management of all interventions in order to accelerate their implementation on the behalf of both the Administration and farmers. The Decree-Law indicates the Institute for Rural Development and Hydraulics (IDRHa) as coordination body.
Portugal · 2004-03-22