Brussels, 07/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - In Portugal last Thursday, European Commissioner Franz Fischler said the aim of "decoupling" farming aid was not to pay farmers to do nothing, adding that aid modulation had very little impact on Portugal's farmers (most of whom receive less than EUR 5000 a year in direct aid). Fischler argued that high quality products, environmental protection and animal welfare would provide "more support for the marketing of… traditional specialities in the...