quote [ Scientists have criticised ?perverse incentives? in the Cap that push farmers to destroy nature. They estimate that 50%-80% of EU farming subsidies go toward animal agriculture rather than foods that would be better for the health of people and the planet.
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?The inequality in the Cap is extreme and this work highlights again just how much the richest land-owners continue to get richer from subsidies. Although transparency in the Cap has improved over time, the amount of detective work needed to uncover how the public?s tax money is spent is astonishing.?

Most of the 17 billionaires did not respond to requests for comment. A handful declined to comment. ]