A new factsheet released by DG AGRI in the context of the Cork 2.0 conference of 5-6 September 2016 collects facts and figures on rural development in the European Union.

The publication contains aggregate EU data on expected achievements in areas such as knowledge transfer and innovation; farm viability and competitiveness; food chain organisation; biodiversity; water and soil management; resource efficiency; job creation etc. It further overviews rural development budget and features such as risk management, multi-funded CLLD and Financial Instruments in the 2014-2020 programming period.