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by lapinot 890 days ago
The objectives of the CAP are very much industrial and monetary in their orientation, seeing agriculture as a resource extraction activity and definitely not as any kind of land or biodiversity management. First goal is particularly crispy in this regard (number must go up, machine good, human labor bad).

> 1. increase productivity, by promoting technical progress and ensuring the optimum use of the factors of production, in particular labor;

> 2. ensure a fair standard of living for the agricultural Community;

> 3. stabilize markets;

> 4. secure availability of supplies;

> 5. provide consumers with food at reasonable prices.