The Directorate-General for Agriculture and Rural Development or DG AGRI is a Directorate-General of the European Commission. The DG AGRI is responsible for the European Union policy area of agriculture and rural development. The work of the DG AGRI is closely linked with the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
The Director-General (as of October 2010) is José Silva RodrÃguez. The Director-General is under the authority of the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, currently (as of February 2010) Dacian Ciolos.
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