Food security in times of crisis

These past years, we have become more aware of the factors affecting our ability to feed the world. Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic have exacerbated the unsustainability and unfairness of our global food system.

Russia's unprovoked invasion of #Ukraine, a country known as the 'breadbasket of Europe', is raising fears of a global food crisis, further exacerbating existing food security challenges worldwide. Much depends on the response of the international community, including the EU, to rapidly evolving scenarios.

Russia and Ukraine are key agricultural players, together exporting nearly 12 % of food calories traded globally. They are major providers of basic agro-commodities, including wheat, maize and sunflower oil, and Russia is the world's top exporter of fertilisers.

The two countries combined account for one third of wheat exports. They are major exporters of other essential products like sunflower oil, corn and animal feed. Russia is also the world’s largest exporter of fertilisers, currently essential for agricultural production.

The EU leaders' 10-11 March Versailles declaration urged the European Commission to present options to address the rising food and input prices and enhance global food security in the light of Russia's war. Drawing on lessons learned from the pandemic, the Commission swiftly presented a package of measures, in a 23 March communication 'Safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems', including short-term and medium-term proposals, at both EU and Member State level. Most measures can be implemented within existing instruments, mainly through the common agricultural policy.

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CONTENT:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:23 Statistics on Ukraine and Russia
00:00:49 What has changed?
00:01:36 Common agricultural policy (CAP)
00:02:09 Food insecurities
00:02:57 EU approach

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