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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2008-03-11"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:CAP ‘Health Check’ (debate)2
dcterms:Language	"fi"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20080311.31.2-282"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2008-03-11-Speech-2-2832
lpv:speaker	lp:Kyösti Virrankoski2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2007-06-20--2009-07-13)3 member; CONT (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 member_of_the_bureau; ALDE (2007-07-20--2009-07-13)3 vice-chair; BUDG (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; AGRI (2007-01-31--2009-07-13)3 substitute; Delegation to the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly (2007-03-15--2009-07-13)3 unknown; Suomen Keskusta (2004-07-20--2009-07-13)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, the report by the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development on a health check for agriculture is a realistic one. The biggest problem is decoupling. The Commission is calling for increased decoupling of aid from production. The Committee is being very wary, and not without reason. Decoupling in many ways is like farmers’ early retirement aid. It favours farms which decrease or abandon production but does not motivate young farmers who are expanding their production. In the same way it favours extensive production to the detriment of labour-intensive production. In particular, the areas which are worse off in terms of their natural conditions seem to be losing out. For example, in the United States aid is still mainly tied to production. It is most annoying that the social justification for aid is losing ground. If a farmer who produces food part-time receives the same payment as another who works seven days a week, the taxpayer might well protest. The job of farming will continue to be to produce food."@en1

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