Slovakia and Italy have called for adjusting the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), including a policy postponement and a reconsideration of the EU's green ambitions amid fears of food insecurity caused by the war in Ukraine.
An appalling war on Ukraine has manifold impacts. The direct human cost is immense and incalculable. The impacts on the world's agri-food trade and commodity systems will be huge. The 4 F's - fuel, feed, fertilizer and of course food are all heavily implicated. So what to do? Will Europe suspend progress on rerouting the food system towards more resilience, by doubling down into the worst aspects of these 4 F's? Or can some aspects of a deeper iteration of food sovereignty emerge?