Brian Gardner has long been suspected of being the only person in Brussels
who not only understands the European Union’s daunting Common Agricultural
Policy, but can also write about it intelligibly. European Agriculture:
Policies, Production and Trade (Routledge, £13.99, ISBN 0 415 08533 0) is
an elegant exposition of the mess down on the Eurofarm, though perhaps too
starry-eyed about new technology.
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