61. Tunabala calls U.S.-backed fumigation policies a failure, and is seeking foreign donations to compensate poppy farmers who eradicate their plants by hand. 62. Under international pressure from donor countries, Mugabe backed off and agreed to compensate farmers for any seized property. 63. Under the package, spending will increase in the short-term as farmers are compensated for the reduction of subsidized prices. 64. But he sweetened the pill with a promise that EU funds would be made available to help fund further control measures and to compensate British farmers for lost income. 65. The pigs have been bought by the Dutch government before being destroyed, in an effort to compensate farmers. 66. The report said Kabul had asked for international funding to compensate farmers growing less profitable food crops. 67. This measure was requested by the French government as a way to compensate cattle farmers for their losses. 68. Security officials promised to compensate farmers whose crops were damaged during recent searches for militants. 69. Spanish Foreign Minister Carlos Westendorp said he would support the use of EU funds to compensate British farmers who have to slaughter their herds. 70. The cost of compensating EU farmers under the Common Agricultural Policy would run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. |