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Several parties have criticized the Danish Agriculture & Food Council’s demand for up to DKK 30 billion in compensation for the pesticide ban. One expert says the calculation has some logic behind it.

The farm sector’s latest multibillion-kroner demand has set off a fierce debate

Pesticide spraying in groundwater recharge areas must stop. Foto: Thomas Borberg
Pesticide spraying in groundwater recharge areas must stop. Foto: Thomas Borberg

Et milliardkrav har antændt en heftig debat.

»Det er svært at få øje på logikken. Medmindre man bor i Omvendtland«, skrev Alternativets leder, Franciska Rosenkilde, for nylig på Facebook.

Det, der fik partilederen til tasterne, var Landbrug & Fødevarers udmelding om, at et kommende nationalt sprøjteforbud bør udløse en kompensation til landbruget på mellem 20 og 30 milliarder kroner.

Men nu vurderer en forsker, der i forbindelse med lovforslaget har fået til opgave at regne på landbrugets tab ved et sprøjteforbud, at milliardregnestykket måske ikke er så langt ude, som kritikken giver indtryk af.

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