Brussels, 21/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - On Monday 18 February, experts from the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) gave quite a warm welcome to the Irish presidency's document on some of the aspects of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform linked to direct payments.
The presidency document involves internal convergence (aid distribution within the same country), flexibility elements and “redistributive” payments (a complement to a basic payment for the first hectares on a farm,...