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HR-PROTEST-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 3603HINA Zagreb, April 19 2000LOWER HOUSE ADOPTS CHANGES TO LAW ON INCENTIVES IN AGRICULTURE ZAGREB, April 19 (Hina) - The House of Representatives
on Wednesday unanimously adopted a Law on Changes to the Law on Incentives and Benefits in Agriculture and Fishing, increasing the state's assistance to agriculture by 80 percent - to 1.65 billion kuna. However, MPs warned about numerous problems in agriculture, which the government should resolve to avoid damage Croatia's admission to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) could inflict on domestic agriculture. Less subsidies than in other countries, obsolete technology, fragmented farms, and lack of a regulated market are the main reasons for lack of competitiveness of domestic agricultural production, MPs said. A radical turnaround in agriculture is necessary, as well as its rehabilitation, because about one million people in Croatia live directly or indire