For example, tetracycline, which is used to treat respiratory infections, is also common in farming.

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The prince, referring to changes in farming with the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, said the emphasis would be on quality, not quantity.

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In an effort to stick to its locals-know-best philosophy, sometimes Spark even funds projects that it has misgivings about, like a potato cultivation effort in the northern Rwandan village of Nyabageni, where a group of 80 families wanted to use insecticides instead of organic farming methods (chemical insecticides are common in Rwanda, says Lesh).

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How would the transition in farming and fisheries work, as the UK extricated itself from common EU policies?

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Also evident is the impact of the European Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in the 60s and 70s that witnessed the intensification of farming powered by the widespread use of agrochemicals.

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