Seanad debates

Wednesday, 12 February 2003

Fischler Proposals for Agriculture: Motion.

 

The findings of the FAPRI analysis of decoupling were, in summary, that by 2010 beef production would fall by 12% in Ireland and by 6% in the EU as a whole, cattle prices would rise by 8% in Ireland and by 6% in the EU as a whole, lamb production would fall by 12% in Ireland and by 8% in the EU as a whole, lamb prices would rise by 21% in Ireland and by 19% in the EU as a whole, farm incomes would rise by 11% at the end of the period and agricultural greenhouse gas emissions would fall by 13% in Ireland. All of these changes were by reference to a baseline, which assumed no policy change. However, because there will be policy change, I have asked FAPRI to take the WTO round and other changes into account in its further studies.

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