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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9942
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture

General agreement in Council on need to adapt agriculture to challenge and impact of climate change

Brussels, 14/07/2009 (Agence Europe) - In their discussions in Brussels on Monday 13 July, EU agriculture ministers shared the belief that agriculture will have to change to adapt to the effects of climate change. They were more divided on the role that the common agricultural policy (CAP) could play in helping regions adapt to climate change. The southern European countries pointed out that they were the ones most affected by extreme weather conditions (drought, unusual epizootics,...

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