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The Farmers’ Category held a meeting on 11 April 2017.
On the agenda there was a debate on Cork +20, CAP post 2020 and Rural Development in presence of EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil HOGAN.
The members also heard from the rapporteurs of the EESC opinions on the topics and from Professor Thia Hennessy, Chair of Agri-Food Economics at Cork University Business School on The delivery of public goods in agriculture.