Guidelines on granting of subsidies for the Lower Saxony and Bremen Agricultural-Environmental Programme 2008. Country/Territory Germany Territorial subdivision Niedersachsen Document type Miscellaneous Date 2008 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Agricultural & rural development, Environment gen. Keyword Agricultural development Less favoured areas Financial agricultural measures Subsidy/incentive Special fund Policy/planning Capacity building Pollution control Geographical area Alps, Europe, EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe Abstract The present Guidelines implement the Council Regulation (EC) No. 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). In particular, the Guidelines lay down provisions relating to general and special provisions on promotion programmes with a view to extensive production on fields or grassland, extensive grassland exploitation on single areas and ecological production. The text consists of 44 articles divided into 2 Parts. Full text German Website www.niedersachsen.de References - Legislation Implements Council Regulation (EC) No. 1698/2005 on support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD). Legislation | 2005 Keyword: Agricultural development, Less favoured areas, Financial agricultural measures, Subsidy/incentive, Special fund, Policy/planning, Capacity building, Gender, Mountain area Source: FAO, FAOLEX