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Carbon emissions 'will be new farm quota'
2015-09-12 04:10:44| Agriculture - Topix.net
Professor Alan Matthews of Trinity College Dublin highlighted the new challenges of operating in a carbon-constrained world as the Irish agriculture industry looks to a future without any limits on milk production. Addressing industry leaders at the Agricultural Science Association conference in Kilkenny, Prof Matthews said significant expansion was forecast for the agriculture industry.
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EU scraps milk quota after 30 years
2015-04-02 01:00:00| Food Processing Technology
The European Union (EU) has scrapped the milk quota that was introduced in 1984 to curb surplus milk production in EU nations.
EU milk quota system is abolished
2015-04-01 01:02:31| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
EU milk quotas are scrapped, bringing an end to more than 30 years of efforts to prevent overproduction.
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Germany's female executive quota aims to shift corporate culture
2015-03-16 15:32:03| Telecom - Topix.net
Germany recently became the largest economy in the world to institute a mandatory quota for female board members. The new law was passed earlier this month by Chancellor Angela Merkel's governing coalition after lengthy debate.
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Germany backs female directors quota
2014-11-26 14:10:55| BBC News | Business | UK Edition
Top German companies are told to ensure that 30% of supervisory board positions are held by women from 2016 under a law agreed late on Tuesday.
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