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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7926

19 March 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture
To overcome shortage in animal proteins, Commission suggests increase in soya imports and not aid to oilseeds

Brussels, 19/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - To answer the additional demand for proteins for animal feed, it would be more simple and less costly to increase by 5% (from 1 to 1.5 million tonnes) the imports of Soya meal rather than to increase Europe aid to oilseeds, indicates the European Commission in a report, adopted on Monday, on the various approaches aiming to replace meat meals (banned since 1 January). The various options to promote plant proteins, put forward by politicians and...

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