Summary
The redirection of the Common Agricultural Policy from the encouragement of production to the area-based Single Farm Payment (SFP) system marks a profound change in social attitudes towards farming.
For many people, the non-farming byproducts of agriculture - the appearance of the countryside, the condition of livestock and wildlife, the state of the environment - have become at least as important as the food we produce.See the full content of this document
Extract
No Cross-Purposes On Satisfying Cross-Compliance
Such is the consequence of 50 years of increasing farm productivity, freer trade and relative peace.
Applied sensibly, the SFP should allow ...See the full content of this document
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