Brussels, 15/03/2013 (Agence Europe) - Ecological focus areas (EFA), one of the three criteria for the greening of direct aid schemes, and conditions of equivalence were at the heart of discussions between member state experts at their meeting on 4 and 5 March within the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA), in order to find a compromise on the chapter relating to the common agricultural policy (CAP). Ireland trusts that the Agriculture Council on 18 and 19 March will adopt a position on...