On 13 November 2023 FEBA joined the roundtable discussion organised by SME Connect on Sustainable Food Systems in Developing Countries: The Role of SMEs in Addressing Food Security, Global Hunger and Malnutrition in the European Parliament in Brussels. The event was hosted by Marlene Mortler MEP, Vice-Chair Delegation for Relations with South Africa; EPP Rapporteur for the AGRI Committee Opinion on a New EU-Africa Strategy; EPP Rapporteur for the DEVE Committee Opinion on the Farm to Fork Strategy Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development. The panel consisted of experts including Dr. Leonard Mizzi, Head of Unit Sustainable Agri-Food Systems and Fisheries ( INTPA.F.3.), DG International Partnerships, European Commission; Ana Granados Chapatte, Director at European Forum of Farm Animal Breeders (EFFAB); Sofie van Waeyenberge, Coordinator Desk Agriculture / Food Security at Enabel and Angela Frigo, European Food Banks Federation (FEBA). The discussion was moderated by Dr Horst HEITZ, Chair of the Steering Committee of SME Connect.
