Today, agri stakeholders & 🇪🇺 representatives are discussing the future of food & farming #AgriOutlook
But given the last attacks on green farming reforms, the @EU_Commission’s event might recommend sticking plasters rather than look at long-term solutions for #foodsecurity
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Agribusiness & right-wing political allies are using the war in Ukraine as a pretext to water down #EUFarm2Fork
They claim global #foodsecurity is under threat & we need to ↗️ food production. How? With more synthetic #pesticides & #fertilisers of course!
Scroll for the truth
There's no EU #foodproduction issue!
Global production of grains & wheat, leading 🇺🇦🇷🇺 food exports, is high & there's no global food supply shortage
The industry's narrative is just a smokescreen to maintain industrial agriculture 🏭
& policy-makers are buying it
(c) FAO👇
Ex 1⃣
Synthetic fertilisers are made from #FossilFuels.
When we should work to ↘️farming's dependency on fossil fuels, @EU_Commission offers
⛽️undisrupted access to #NaturalGas for producers 💰money for farmers to buy fertilisers
Big winner: INDUSTRY👇
grain.org/en/article/690…
Ex 2⃣
The #PesticideRegulation #SUR is under attack from 18 farm ministers
How? By asking for another Impact Assessment to postpone its adoption, using the war as an excuse
Calling for more IAs has been the pesticide lobby's strategy since #EUGreenDeal
corporateeurope.org/en/2022/03/lou…
In fact, the war in Ukraine
🥀highlighted the current farming system's already existing fragilities
📈exacerbated the food price crisis
But according to a 🆕 @UKSustain report, farmers are left with far less than 1% of the profit #UnpickingFoodPrices
sustainweb.org/publications/d…
Corporate capture of 🇪🇺 policies prevents decision-makers from addressing the true causes of #foodinsecurity.
There is no production deficit but there is a problem of
🍲food poverty ➕ accessibility ➕diets
🤑market concentration ➕ financial speculation
EU decison-makers must stop listening to the industry's lies.
We need
🌍 a transition to low-input agroecology, more resistant to geopolitical shocks & #ClimateEmergency
✊ to put local food systems, environment & human rights back at the centre
🇪🇺 the EU to #UpholdFarm2Fork
More in our latest opinion piece for @euobserver 👇
euobserver.com/green-economy/…
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