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PM Sanader talks with farmers about their problems

ZAGREB, March 7 (Hina) - Representatives of some 15 Croatian farmers'associations held talks with Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on Mondayabout subsidies, the state-owned arable land, the export and import ofagricultural produce and milk production. At the talks they agreedthat commissions for the aforementioned problems should beestablished.
ZAGREB, March 7 (Hina) - Representatives of some 15 Croatian farmers' associations held talks with Prime Minister Ivo Sanader on Monday about subsidies, the state-owned arable land, the export and import of agricultural produce and milk production. At the talks they agreed that commissions for the aforementioned problems should be established.

After the meeting, Agriculture Minister Petar Cobankovic said that amendments to the law on farmland would be defined by the government in two weeks' time.

According to representatives of the Independent Croatian Farmers (NHS) association, farmers complained about a high price of the farmland. The PM Sanader vowed that the price would go down.

Minister Cobankovic announced also changes to the state support in agriculture.

Addressing reporters, Cobankovic underlined good results in the export of agricultural products and food which rose 40 percent in January this year, while the import rose eight percent, he said.

He voiced satisfaction with the six-percent rise in milk production in 2004, and added that he hoped that in 2006, Croatia would produce enough milk for its needs.

Of some 15 associations that attended today's meeting in Zagreb, only representatives of the said NHS addressed reporters after the talks. However, Minister Cobankovic did not know reasons for it.

Representatives of another leading association, called the Croatian Farmers' Alliance (HSS), which organised peaceful protest rallies in 10 counties earlier on Monday before the talks with Sanader, retained their right to take more radical measures such as the blockades of roads if the outcome of today's meeting would be unsatisfactory.

The HSS complained about the slow procedure of letting farmers use the state-owned arable land and they also claimed that the import of agricultural products in January this year climbed by 20 percent as against January 2004.

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