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Rural Development Strategy
16/02/2007
A strategic plan outlinining how the government will target financial support to benefit rural Scotland over the next seven years was published today.
Rural Development Minister Ross Finnie said:
"The Strategic Plan shows how Scotland's Rural Development Programme (SRDP) gives us a major opportunity over the next seven years to improve the lives of people in rural Scotland."
The Strategic Plan is being released in advance of the SRDP which will be formally submitted to the European Commission once the necessary European regulations are in place.
The Minister added: "Overall, I'm clear the SRDP will help prepare rural Scotland for the future beyond further reform of the Common Agriculture Policy in 2013."
Scotland's Rural Development Programme will be submitted to the EC once the voluntary modulation regulation is adopted.
Funding of the SRDP is dependent on adoption of the voluntary modulation regulations.