The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, warned that it will be “difficult” for the European Union (EU) find alternative sources of supply cereals and oilseeds from Ukraine and used in the community club for agricultural production in sectors such as pigs. “The EU pig sector is highly dependent on imports from Ukraine for a […]
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Food is crucial to national security
By Amanda Little While Putin’s war in Ukraine shakes the energy market and pushes up fertilizer prices, a bigger problem now is rising wheat prices. Russia is leading the world into a deepening food security crisis, worsening shortages already caused by the pandemic and climate change. More than 70% of Ukraine is agricultural land that […]