Brussels, 21/06/2000 (Agence Europe) - The OECD recently published a report on agricultural aid in 1999 that notes an upward trend in agricultural support, seen in 1998, continued last year, returning to the same high levels as seen in the mid-1990s.
In 1999, the total in aid given to agriculture rose 3% to reach an estimated total of USD 361 billion. Close to four fifths of this amount went to individual agricultural producers. A fraction of 15% was absorbed by the general interest...