Headquartered in the capital city of Riga, the Latvian Rural Support Service (RSS) is responsible for implementing European Union (EU) policy in the sectors of agriculture, forestry, fisheries, and rural development across the Eastern European country that is home to more than 2.2 million people. One of the organization’s primary tasks is to oversee the EU’s Single Area Payment Scheme, a subsidy program designed to provide direct payments to farmers who cultivate crops and maintain farmland in an environmentally friendly way. Read More
