BRUSSELS PLANS DIVERSION OF AID AWAY FROM FOOD PRODUCTION TO RURAL DEVELOPMENT
September 1st, 2007
BY ALAN OSBORN
THE EUROPEAN Commission will in November propose a significant switch of cash away from direct payments for food producers into rural development programmes, which could cover non-food industries, under a reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, said Michael Mann, Brussels spokesman for agriculture. Mr Mann told just-food.com that starting in 2009 the percentage of payments that farmers had to devote to rural development would increase by 2% each year, to reach 13% by 2013 compared to the present share of 5%. The policy change is separate from ...
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