Brussels, 16/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - During the plenary session in Brussels on 9-10 March, European Commissioner for agricultural policy, Mariann Fischer Boel intervened to illustrate the situation for rural development (EUROPE 9 March p 18). The European Economic and Social Committee adopted a recommendation on the support for rural development by the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) for which the rapporteur was Gilbert Bros (Various interests Group, France). In a...