CAP REFORM
February 1st, 2003
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has tabled wide-ranging changes to the EU Common Agricultural Policy, which would effectively end Brussels' traditional method of subsidising farmers according to production and instead paying them a fixed sum based on farm size. Brussels said the proposed "de-coupling" would raise farm incomes and make European agriculture more competitive. EU farm organisations oppose the move.
THE EUROPEAN Commission has tabled wide-ranging changes to the EU Common Agricultural Policy, which would effectively end Brussels' traditional method of subsidising farmers according to production and instead paying them a fixed sum based on farm size. Brussels said the proposed "de-coupling" would raise farm incomes and make European agriculture more competitive. EU farm organisations oppose the move.
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