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{{European policy
|Name=The Rural Development Policy
|Policy domain=Agriculture and Rural Development
|Affected activity=Harvesting/Production,Use/consumption,Marketing/trade,Innovation/R&D
|Products=All NWFP
|Countries=EU countries
|Type of policy document=Policy
|Legal status of policy document=Non-binding
|Description=The Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) and rural development policy strongly encourage the diversification of the rural activities. Generating non-agriculture based incomes in the rural areas is considered a source of strength.Forestry is considered an integral part of rural development and CAP is oriented athelping farmer in "making more productive use of forests and woodland", and in "enhancing the quality of production and products, improving the marketing for food specialities of the rural regions".
|Full reference=The Rural Development Policy
|Scope=International
|Subject=NWFP
|Class=Policy
|Policy area=Agriculture and Rural Development
|Category=Policy
|Legal status=Non-binding
|Document category=Policy
}}
Affected activity	Harvesting/Production +, Use/consumption +, Marketing/trade + and Innovation/R&D +
Class	Policy +
Countries	EU countries +
Document category	Policy +
Encodedname	The_Rural_Development_Policy +
Full reference	The Rural Development Policy +
Geographical scope	International +
Lcname	the rural development policy +
Legal status	Non-binding +
Name	The Rural Development Policy +
Policy area	Agriculture and Rural Development +
Products	All NWFP +
Reference ID	56 +
Subject	NWFP +