Strasbourg, 16/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - By adopting the own initiative report of Friedrich-Wilhelm Graefe zu Baringdorf (Greens/EFA, Germany), the European Parliament is requesting an increase in the Community budget for agronomic research. Explaining the reasons for introducing the report, the German MEP pointed out that the sixth research framework programme included a budget for around EUR 16 bn of which 2% goes to agriculture and rural development. The European Commission is being...