To be with you. FEBA diary of visits to members in Moldova, Poland, Romania, and Ukraine
By Andrea Siciliano, FEBA volunteer As the van travels along the highway towards Warsaw airport, the sky and the valleys transport me back to the Moldovan hills and meadows, which we left just two days ago. While this leg of our intense journey is coming to an end, in front of us there are so […]
EU food policy implications of the war in Ukraine
The impact of Russia’s war in Ukraine on EU food markets has been immediate, with many companies already struggling with shortages of food ingredients and packaging materials. EU countries are in very different positions regarding their dependency on Russian and Ukrainian imports. FoodDrinkEurope, which represents the European food industry, cautions that stocks of some critical […]
World Bank, IMF, WFP and WTO call for urgent coordinated action on food security
The heads of the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) and the WTO issued a joint statement on 13 April urging coordinated action to help vulnerable countries address growing threats to food security. The proposed actions include providing emergency food supplies and deploying financial support to households […]