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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 13092

5 January 2023
SECTORAL POLICIES / Food security
European Commission does not take availability and affordability of food for granted
Brussels, 04/01/2023 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 4 January, the European Commission said that while “food availability is not at stake in Europe today”, trends and the combination of factors such as climate change, environmental degradation, the economic consequences of Covid-19 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine show that “availability, access (affordability), use and stability cannot be taken for granted in the short or long term”.

According to the Commission’s analysis of the drivers of food security, some of...