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EU farm subsidies bane for African farmers

17 May '06
1 min read

EU farm subsidies create unnecessarily high grocery prices for European consumers while depriving African farmers of their livelihood, a British daily announced on Tuesday (16 May) in a new campaign.

While British households pay an extra €1,222 a year for groceries due to EU trade-distorting subsidies to the union's own farmers, dumping of subsidised EU produce in African countries is forcing local producers out of business, The Independent reports.

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