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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10125

24 April 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 28
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
Farm leaders want aid for horticulture to continue, along with better marketing of farm products

Brussels, 23/04/2010, (Agence Europe)- In a policy paper decided upon on Thursday 22 April, European farm leaders called for the continuation of aid for fruit and vegetable growers' organisations in the EU, particularly horticultural cooperatives, in the EU's common agricultural policy (CAP) after 2013. Horticulture generates 17% of total farm production in the EU. Last year, the value of vegetables grown in the EU fell by 10.8% on average and the value of fruit by 13.6% compared with 2003....

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