EU instruments helping farmers to insure their income against falling prices and production losses have only partially met their objectives and their uptake remains low and uneven, according to a new report by the EU Court of Auditors published on Thursday 5 December. In addition, some exceptional measures have not been properly targeted and can lead to disproportionate overcompensation, the auditors say.
Most of the €2.6 billion budgeted by the EU to help farmers insure against price...