Economist says farms must get bigger faster, to prepare for free world trade
The pace towards "virtual" free trade has been accelerated by EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler's proposal to decouple all direct payments from current farm production the biggest surprise to date in the Doha Round of world trade talks, according to Professor Sheehy.
In a exclusive interview for Examiner Farming, the recently retired Professor of Agricultural Economics at University College Dublin says Commissioner Fischler has made a radical step on decoupling which he had not expect to feature until the next world trade round.
