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Traditional farmers in Bulgaria and Romania often find it difficult to access EU funds (Photo: European Commission)

Small-scale farmers struggle for EU funds

While large EU states are scrapping over how to get more environmental bang for the EU's agricultural buck, in the southeast corner of the EU, small-scale farming – which contributes the most to biodiversity – is not getting the support it needs.

This is the initial conclusion of a series of studies jointly realised by the WWF and the European Forum for Nature Conservation and Pastoralism and funded by the Dutch government that were presented to European Commission on Thursday (15 May)....

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Traditional farmers in Bulgaria and Romania often find it difficult to access EU funds (Photo: European Commission)

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