77. Recognises that the agricultural sector supports the livelihood of the majority of the population in many developing countries, and therefore encourages these countries to develop a mechanism of stable and transparent agricultural policies that will ensure long-term planning and sustainable development;

5. Recognises that the agricultural sector supports the livelihood of the majority of the population in many developing countries, therefore encourages these countries to develop a mechanism of stable and transparent agricultural policies that will ensure long-term planning and sustainable development;

The proceedings will get under way with an address of welcome delivered by Hermann Onko Aeikens, State Secretary in the Ministry for Agriculture and Environment, Land of Saxony-Anhalt. The speakers will include: Jürgen Heinrich of the Institute of Agribusiness and Land-use Planning in Agriculture, Martin-Luther University, Halle-Wittenberg, who will address the seminar on the subject of agricultural undertakings-parallels and divergences between eastern Germany, Poland and Hungary; Alan Wilkinson of the European Commission's Directorate-General for Agriculture; and Hans-Jürgen Schulz of the Ministry for Agriculture and Environment of t ...[+++]he Land of Saxony-Anhalt.

I have already referred to agriculture, in which area there is, according to the Commission proposal, a margin of EUR 2.3 billion, meaning that the Commission's preliminary draft remains EUR 2.3 billion under the maximum set for agriculture in the financial perspective.

Using existing legislation The Commission stresses the need for member states to make the most of existing provisions under Community law to encourage farming practices and planning which is friendly to the environment.

Long- term leases of government land, often with accompanying tradition of renewal, have made leased government land an integral part of these ranches, as far as farm planning and capital budget.