Joint open letter: EU food supply and solidarity response to the war in Ukraine

The document argues that the war in Ukraine should not be used as a justification to weaken the EU's Farm to Fork strategy or return to intensive agriculture. Instead, the signatories claim that accelerating the transition to agroecology, organic farming, and plant-based diets is the only way to ensure long-term food security and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. They specifically oppose proposals to increase farmland for biofuels and intensive animal farming, warning that such actions would increase ecosystem collapse and vulnerability.

• The signatories argue that the crisis in Ukraine reinforces the necessity of the European Green Deal, the Farm to Fork strategy, and the Biodiversity Strategy, rather than justifying their correction or watering down.
• The authors assert that long-term food security and food sovereignty can only be achieved by shifting away from industrial fisheries, aquaculture, and intensive agriculture toward practices like agroforestry, organic farming, and agroecology.
• The letter warns that reducing the ambitions of the Farm to Fork strategy would perpetuate the European Union's reliance on non-renewable energy sources, specifically fossil fuels.
• The document identifies a high risk to food security in low-income countries due to their dependency on cereal, oilseed, and fertiliser imports from Russia, Ukraine, and Belarus, which may lead to conflict and social unrest.

APA

ClientEarth (2022). Joint open letter: EU food supply and solidarity response to the war in Ukraine. https://www.clientearth.org/media/3hhlnyj3/joint-open-letter_eu-food-supply-and-solidarity-response-to-the-war-in-ukraine.pdf

Chicago

ClientEarth. Joint open letter: EU food supply and solidarity response to the war in Ukraine. 2022. https://www.clientearth.org/media/3hhlnyj3/joint-open-letter_eu-food-supply-and-solidarity-response-to-the-war-in-ukraine.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@misc{clientearth2022joint, author = {{ClientEarth}}, title = {{Joint open letter: EU food supply and solidarity response to the war in Ukraine}}, publisher = {ClientEarth}, year = {2022}, month = mar, url = {https://www.clientearth.org/media/3hhlnyj3/joint-open-letter_eu-food-supply-and-solidarity-response-to-the-war-in-ukraine.pdf}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }