EU farm subsidies rise despite downward trend: OECD

Public support made up 19% of all EU farming revenues last year despite a historic downward trend, the OECD said in a report released yesterday (18 September).

The EU shelled out €83 billion in support of agricultural producers in 2012 – or 19% of total farm receipts – a rise of 1% from the year before, according to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

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Tags: direct payments, input subsidies, border interventions, EU farm support, world markets, food, CAP

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EurActiv, 2013-09-19.

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Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)

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