European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development


The Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development is a committee of the European Parliament.

Responsibilities of the Committee

AGRI is the European Parliament committee responsible for:
  1. The operation and development of the Common Agricultural Policy
  2. Rural development
  3. Legislation on:
  4. #Veterinary and plant-health matters, animal feedingstuffs provided such measures are not intended to protect against risks to human health
  5. #Animal husbandry and welfare
  6. Improvements in the quality of agricultural products
  7. Supplies of raw materials for agriculture
  8. The Community Plant Variety Office
  9. Forestry

    Members, 8th Parliament

Research service

The Committee is directly supported by a research service, the Policy Department for Structural & Cohesion Policies. Most of its research studies and briefings are published online. The research reports do not necessarily reflect the view of the Committee.
Recent publications :
The service also publishes a regular current awareness bulletin on research, documents and news in the fields of agriculture and rural development, titled 'Research for AGRI : News'. Recent editions can be found on the 'Research for AGRI Committee' site.