Suspension of customs duties on imported fertilisers, use of manure, reduction of dependence on third countries: members of the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture asked the European Commission on Wednesday 20 April to take measures to help farmers cope with the 40% rise in fertiliser prices since the start of the war in Ukraine triggered by Russia.
Herbert Dorfmann (EPP, Italy) denounced “absurd” prices for fertilisers and said that the cause should be attributed mainly to...