Future of Food and Farming: EU Commission proposal must be improved significantly to ensure viable sector
(WorldNews Belgium)

01/6/18 Press Release Future of Food and Farming: EU Commission proposal must be improved significantly to ensure viable sector Reacting to the EU Commission proposal on the Future of Food and Farming, Copa and Cogeca warn against plans to erode farmers` incomes and call for a real simplification of CAP rules. It is vital to ensure that there is no renationalization of the CAP, and it is backed up by a stronger budget. President Joachim Rukwied of the European Farmers Organisation Copa warned that farmers` incomes are 40% of average earnings and called for the maintenance of the CAP budget in real terms over the next programming period to enable farmers and their cooperatives to provide...