#Russia-#Ukraine-#FoodCrisis
"When Russia invaded the Ukraine, we were already in the midst of hat we probably could have called a world food crisis anyway" @StateDept Special Envoy for Global Food Security Dr. Cary Fowler tells #EUDFF22
"This is built on top of that..."
"When Russia invaded the Ukraine, we were already in the midst of hat we probably could have called a world food crisis anyway" @StateDept Special Envoy for Global Food Security Dr. Cary Fowler tells #EUDFF22
"This is built on top of that..."
"When you look at the current acute crisis that we face, you have to say to yourself & you have to get into the mindset that this is a 3-year crisis" per @StateDept's Fowler
"Short term in this situation does equal 3 years..."
"Short term in this situation does equal 3 years..."
As for grain stuck in #Ukraine, "1 alternative to the #BlackSea ports in Ukraine that we're currently looking at is essentially making use of the Black Sea ports in #Romania itself" per @EU_Commission Deputy Director-General for Agriculture Michael Scannell at #EUDFF22
But @EU_Commission's Scannell says shipping regulations for the a key channel currently limit the amount of ships that can make the trip
Also looking at other rail, shipping options
Also looking at other rail, shipping options
"You simply cannot overnight replace the #Ukrainian #BlackSea ports" per @EU_Commission's Scannell
"These were geared up & equipped to move huge volumes of grains. Finding alternatives in the short term is very very challenging but that's the task we're setting ourselves"
"These were geared up & equipped to move huge volumes of grains. Finding alternatives in the short term is very very challenging but that's the task we're setting ourselves"
#ClimateChange-Food Security
"We're headed toward climate switch in some parts of the world [that] haven't been seen since the #neolithic time. In other words, in the history of agriculture" per @StateDept's Fowler
"We're headed toward climate switch in some parts of the world [that] haven't been seen since the #neolithic time. In other words, in the history of agriculture" per @StateDept's Fowler
"I do question whether we realize how difficult in some cases its going to be for our crops to be able to adapt to those new climates, particularly crops for which there is not much or any involvement of the private sector & for which there are no plant breeders" per Fowler
"We have to be thinking abt the avenue towards adaptation for those kinds of crops - and they're grown on hundreds of millions of acres in the world & provide a lot of food security" per @StateDept's Fowler
"We have to make the kind of long-term investments in agricultural research that will help our crops become adapted to #climatechange" per @StateDept's Fowler
"They [crops] don't do that magically. They do that bcs we help them to do it"
"They [crops] don't do that magically. They do that bcs we help them to do it"
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