The Swedish Presidency of the EU Council has submitted, for the Special Committee on Agriculture (SCA) meeting to be held on Monday 20 February, draft conclusions on the contributions of the bioeconomy to agriculture.
The next ‘Agriculture’ Council, on 20-21 March, is expected to adopt conclusions on this issue.
In a context of crises (war in Ukraine, climate change), the bioeconomy must help the EU to strengthen its resilience, the Swedish Presidency had already estimated in a note presented at the ‘Agriculture’ Council on 30 January (see EUROPE 13110/3).
The draft conclusions, dated 14 February, recognise that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has “accentuated the need to enhance the transition towards clean energy, fossil free materials and sustainable, resilient, and fair food systems”.
The text stresses the importance of the food system transformation, including the use of “advanced biotechnological solutions to provide healthy and nutritious protein alternatives, in contributing to a sustainable circular bioeconomy”.
Link to the draft conclusions: https://aeur.eu/f/5c4 (Original version in French by Lionel Changeur)