Farmers and lobby groups are split on an EU agricultural reform that may increase farmers' incomes and consumers' prices. A DW joint report reveals a rift between farmers and the groups purporting to represent them.
December 15, 2020 12:26 pm
A number of EU agricultural and agri-food representative bodies have written to European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Janusz Wojciechowski to highlight their concerns regarding the Annual Work Programme for 2021.
In an open letter which they sent to the commissioner earlier this month, on Monday (December 1), the groups included among their number: COPA-COGECA, the farmer and cooperative representative group; the European Dairy Association (EDA); and the Liaison Centre for the Meat Processing Industry in the EU (CLITRAVI).
Also represented were: the European Liaison Committee for Agricultural and Agri-food Trade; the Association of Poultry Processors and Poultry Trade in the EU; the European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders; the European Potato Trade Association; the European Fresh Produce Association; and the International Flower Trade Association.