Dacian Cioloş

Agriculture Minister Daniel Constantin asked for political consensus on the rehabilitation of the main irrigation infrastructure; this would allow Romania to earmark budget resources if investments are not obtained under the Juncker Plan of the European Commission or from international financial organizations.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR) and the World Bank organize a conference in Bucharest on Wednesday, to present their medium and long-term perspective on Romania's rural sector, as the country is among Europe's best gifted with arable land, water and human resources.

World Bank's Capannelli

In his message to the Farmers' National Conference on Tuesday, President Klaus Iohannis asserted it was vital to turn the Romanian agriculture into a real source of economic development; he maintained that Romania needs more than ever an assumed political position and an integrated vision.

Romania is the first country Phil Hogan officially visits in the capacity of European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, and the Suindprod Radic pig farm in Arges County was the first facility Hogan, European Commissioner for Regional Policy Corina Cretu, Minister of Agriculture Daniel Constantin and Minister of European Funds Eugen Teodorovici toured together on Thursday.

Romania will be well represented with Corina Cretu holding the regional development commissioner's portfolio, said outgoing Agriculture Commissioner Romanian Dacian Ciolos on Sunday, also underscoring a European Commission portfolio is not assigned a member state, but a designated commissioner.

The European Commission has adopted a Partnership Agreement with Romania paving the way for investing EUR 23 B in total Cohesion Policy funding in the country over 2014-2020.

After days of disputes between Romanian leaders over the right to name the country’s future EU Commissioner, Prime Minister Victor Ponta on Friday announced that Dacian Ciolos, the current EU Commissioner for Agriculture, is the preferred option for the post.

Romania's President and Prime Minister are battling over the right to nominate a European Commissioner. And their dispute is putting an important position for Romania at risk.

Ironically, both leaders want the same man, the current EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Dacian Ciolos, to retain his post. Ciolos, 44, has reportedly done a good job during his two years as EU Commissioner.

Romania has all instruments provided by the European Union, both as regards the system of direct payments and the rural development program, to make sure milk producers can be supported to cope with the removal of milk quotas at EU level as of January 1, 2015, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Dacian Ciolos said on Tuesday.