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This 15 page paper looks at the CAP and the controversy in Europe over it. The positions of individual countries are discussed. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
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subsidies are provided for EU farmers (Jeffery, 2003). Its primary purpose is to guarantee that a minimum level of production is accomplished so Europeans will have enough food to eat
as well as a relatively fair standard of living for anyone dependent on agriculture (2003). It sounds like a good idea. However, the policy costs approximately ?30bn per year
(2003). That is half of the EUIs entire budget (2003). Some attempts to place finances into perspective go to examples where it adds ?9 to a
familys food bill or the annual income for an EU dairy cow would be greater that half the worlds population of human beings (Jeffery, 2003). Aside from being expensive,
the program also can sometimes cause overproduction and because the EU has too many agricultural products, it sells them to the developing world at a reduce price and this
undercuts the local farmers (2003). The farmers then cannot compete with the subsidized imports (2003). This distorts the market and although the EU is not alone on this front,
because the U.S. does the same thing, the CAP has been blamed for negative environmentally damaging farming (2003). Because there is a commitment to guaranteed prices it is economically worthwhile
to take all the land and utilize it; with chemicals and other aids, farmers try to grow more crops (2003). A policy that goes to setting aside where farmers will
be paid to leave land alone has been attempted (2003). It should be noted that the U.S. does this all the time. Farmers are paid not to grow
crops. It should be said that there are arguments on either side of this issue. On one hand, the subsidies are advantageous and make sure there is enough of
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