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European farmers against Brussels: “The too many paradoxes of the Farm to Fork penalize us”

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Reduce meat production in the EU to import it from countries with less sustainable animal husbandry. It is one of the “nine paradoxes of the Farm to Fork strategy” highlighted by the European livestock sector which asks European institutions to use the Green Deal to “enhance the results achieved by European farms in terms of reducing emissions (7.2 % of the total in the EU compared to a world average of 14.5%), efficiency (surfaces constant over the last 60 years compared to a European population that has grown by 125 million individuals) and social integration (jobs, gastronomic traditions) of the continent”. For Giuseppe Pulina “the challenge is in research, innovation, technology, to ensure sufficient production to meet the growing world demand for food using fewer resources”.

Pulina is the president of Carni Sostenibili, the Italian organization that brings together associations representing meat and cured meat producers, which together with European Livestock Voice launched the protest with a series of videos launched in Belgium, Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Portugal and Poland. The video appeals emphasize “the need to protect the sector in order not to be in a position to import from non-European countries, with obvious repercussions on the economy and the environment, also considering the interconnection of animal husbandry with numerous strategic, food and not (meat, milk, eggs, leather goods, cosmetics, biomedical, natural fertilizers, pet food, biogas and biofuels) “. We also need a “guarantee on animal welfare whose legislation is among the most advanced and complete in the world” taking into account the “close relationship between livestock farming and less use of chemical fertilizers”. And then it is also necessary to safeguard jobs («each farm guarantees 7 jobs) and enhance meat and cured meats as« gastronomic and cultural heritage ». But we also look to the future. «In 2050, about 70% of the world population will live in urban areas and only a small percentage of the remaining 30% will be responsible for producing the food necessary to feed those who live in the city. It is therefore easy to understand the risks that Europe would face if the yields of livestock and related agricultural activities were to drop ».

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