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Wed 10 Oct 2003Livestock cuts would help Kyoto target, says expert
The environment could be one of the real winners if Ireland opted to completely remove the link between farm production and EU direct payments, according to the the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI).
A study of the impact of completely breaking this link has found there would be a substantial reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions if Ireland opted to go this route. According to Mr Trevor Donnellan, one of the Teagasc economists attached to the FAPRI-Ireland policy analysis unit, the reduction in livestock numbers resulting from this new policy would be the main cause of this.
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