Sytaylor, the EU doesn't force farmers to sell their produce. The way it works is that the Common Agricultural Policy sets out minimum prices for certain food products so that European markets aren't swamped with cheap imports (and also to act as buffer stocks in case of a food shortage
. However it is true that the CAP is massivly over the top and blocks poorer farmers from less developed countries from selling their produce in the EU. It also can lead to a flooding of cheap produce into these developing countries so it works out bad both ways.
So, to conclude, the CAP is bad, and should be severly slimmed down (thus hopefully forcing more economies of scale on the farmers in Europe), but please get your facts right before stating inaccuracies about the EU
bo!
So, to conclude, the CAP is bad, and should be severly slimmed down (thus hopefully forcing more economies of scale on the farmers in Europe), but please get your facts right before stating inaccuracies about the EU
bo!