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Sounds great, but how come the wealthiest farms are the one who benefit the most from our help? Sounds absurd when the french ministry of agriculture admits that 1 farmer commits suicide every 2 days in France, as the production price of certain products became higher than the sales price. This results from the odd idea to distribute 75% of subsidies according to farms surfaces, with no consideration for the amount & quality of food actually farmed, nor the evaluation of the owners wealth. That’s how the Duchy of Lancaster, private estate of Queen Elizabeth II, got 644 000€ from CAP in 2015. | Sounds great, but how come the wealthiest farms are the one who benefit the most from our help? Sounds absurd when the french ministry of agriculture admits that 1 farmer commits suicide every 2 days in France, as the production price of certain products became higher than the sales price. This results from the odd idea to distribute 75% of subsidies according to farms surfaces, with no consideration for the amount & quality of food actually farmed, nor the evaluation of the owners wealth. That’s how the Duchy of Lancaster, private estate of Queen Elizabeth II, got 644 000€ from CAP in 2015. | ||
Thanks to Brexit, this won’t happen anymore, but something worse will happen: as British farmers will loose their subsidies, the already decreasing CAP fund will loose UK’s participation to this common effort, and it could fall under 35% of the EU’s total yearly budget<ref>It was over 50% before 2004</ref>; when farmers need more help than ever to shift towards resilient methods that could overcome climate change & the biodiversity crisis<ref> | Thanks to Brexit, this won’t happen anymore, but something worse will happen: as British farmers will loose their subsidies, the already decreasing CAP fund will loose UK’s participation to this common effort, and it could fall under 35% of the EU’s total yearly budget<ref>It was over 50% before 2004</ref>; when farmers need more help than ever to shift towards resilient methods that could overcome climate change & the biodiversity crisis<ref>Only 25% of CAP fund is exclusively allowed to resilient practices</ref>. | ||
UK & Netherland citizens,<br> | UK & Netherland citizens,<br> | ||