The system for granting financial support in the agricultural sector will be streamlined. The executive has approved the draft law on the financing, management and monitoring of agricultural policy. The new provisions will help increase the sector's competitiveness, the sustainable development of the rural environment and the fight against climate change, IPN reports.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industry says that the draft law will create an integrated national legislative framework, coherent and correlated with the objectives of the European Union's common agricultural policy, so as to support the attraction of European funds for agricultural development.

The document provides for the implementation of the Strategic Program of the Agricultural Policy, which will establish the intervention strategies, the conditions and the amount of financial resources granted, as well as the monitoring and evaluation indicators.

The draft also regulates the granting of financial support from the National Fund for the Development of Agriculture and Rural Environment for various types of interventions, such as direct payments, sectoral and rural development interventions, with the aim of modernization of farms, development of rural infrastructure and promotion of innovations in agriculture.

To this end, objective and non-discriminatory criteria for all parties involved, as well as the procedure for the submission and examination of applications for financial support, are laid down. The duration of an appeal is a maximum of 90 days, but not less than 30 days. To receive direct and annual payments, beneficiaries will have to comply with environmental, public health and animal welfare standards.

The bill also expands agricultural advisory services for land and farm management.

According to the 2025 State Budget Law, the National Fund for the Development of Agriculture and Rural Environment is planned at 1.7 billion lei.