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08/04/2022 - MEPs call for urgent action for food security

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Articoli Correlati: Food security - humanitarian aid - alternative food sources

On March 24th, 2022, with a specific resolution MEPs called for urgent EU action to ensure food security inside and outside the Union's borders following the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The text calls for immediate help in the form of food supplies for Ukraine and the relaunch of the EU food production strategy. In view of the serious impact that the Russian attack on Ukraine is expected to have on food security, Parliament calls for long-term humanitarian food aid for the Ukrainian people, both from the EU and the international community. The EU should open food corridors to and from Ukraine, to be used as an alternative to closed Black Sea ports. The COVID-19 pandemic and the war in Ukraine made it necessary to reduce the EU's dependence on imports from too few suppliers. Parliament is also proposing a shift to alternative sources of organic nutrients for agriculture and support for agricultural innovation, so as to reduce dependence on fertilizer imports in the long term.