A greater reduction in pesticides, higher redistribution payments and even more focus on climate and environmental protection are recommended, as the current letter shows. The consequences of the Ukraine crisis on the agricultural markets and the security of the food supply must also be taken into account.
The latter was not such an issue when Austria sent its ideas to Brussels. Despite this situation, which threatens the existence of many farms (increases in costs), increasing numerous CAP requirements, de facto curtailing production and demanding even more services from the farms completely ignore the possibilities of farmers, said Josef Moosbrugger, head of the Chamber of Agriculture. “The EU Commission’s response to the national CAP strategic plan is therefore completely incomprehensible to us.”
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