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Cuba Grants Land To Thousands Of New Farmers

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Cuba has approved 45,500 land grants in the largest land redistribution since the 1960s, the Communist party Granma newspaper reported Feb. 2, as the country turns to the private sector to increase food production. “Deputy Agriculture Minister Alcides Lopez explained 96,419 applications had been received as of Jan. 22 … for 1,300,000 acres (650,000 hectares)
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U. S. Applies New Sanctions On EU

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The outgoing Bush administration cranked up pressure on the European Union to drop its ban on beef from U. S. cattle treated with growth hormones by changing the list of $116.8 million worth of European food products hit with sanctions in the dispute. The EU reacted angrily to the move, vowing to challenge it at
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EU rethinks support for poor areas

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Europe’s agriculture chief wants to revamp the rules for how the European Union pays extra subsidies for economically deprived areas, tightening criteria that may partially redraw the map of Europe’s poorest farmland. The EU’s system of less favoured areas (LFAs), or regions considered as disadvantaged and eligible for higher farming subsidies, has been under fire
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Eating local way of life for Cuba

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After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Cuba planted thousands of urban co-operative gardens to offset reduced rations of imported food. Now, in the wake of three hurricanes that wiped out 30 per cent of Cuba’s farm crops, the communist country is again turning to its urban gardens to keep its people properly
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EU milk farmers to absorb quota rise, price is key

“It’s very much a political deal… without maybe looking at what the best solution would be for the entire region.” – MARK VOORBERGEN, RABOBANK ANALYSIS BY JEREMY SMITH BRUSSELS/REUTERS Europe’s dairy farmers should gain more production flexibility after farm ministers agreed to a series of quota increases from 2009 but are unlikely to churn out
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EU to scrutinize competition in food retail sector

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EU regulators warned Nov. 26 of a risk that consolidation in the food retail sector might act against the interests of consumers and producers, saying a close watch should be kept on uncompetitive behaviour. A draft paper authored by the European Commission called for case-by-case screening of a string of retail practices that could be
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EU reforms cut subsidies to big farms

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European Union governments agreed Nov. 20 to divert chunks of long-standing subsidies enjoyed by large farms into countryside preservation schemes in the biggest revamp of farm policies for five years. The early-morning deal came after concessions given by EU Agr icul ture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel, most notably to France, Germany and Italy, in an
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Tens of thousands of Cubans seeking farmland

Cubans are applying for land by the tens of thousands for the first time since the 1960s as part of the Communist government’s reform of the state-dominated agriculture sector, a top farm leader said. The president of the National Association of Small Farmers, Orlando Lugo Fonte, told members at a meeting in eastern Guantanamo province
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Auditors find EU overpaying farmers in error

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European Union auditors gave a cautious welcome Nov. 10 to improvements in how the bloc spends its huge budget, but pointed out billions of euros of subsidies continue to be paid out incorrectly. Persistent errors and weak internal controls in areas like agriculture, especially countryside projects, and regional aid were highlighted. In its annual report,
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What’s in a name? For EU foods, it’s paperwork

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“I do agree with those who say that if we have too many, then the value of this tool becomes less important.” – EU Agriculture Commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel Europe may risk devaluing the reputation of its treasure trove of high-quality foods as ever more product names win protected status, joining the ranks of hams

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