Questions and Answers: Commission acts to safeguard global food security and support EU farmers and consumers
What is the Commission doing to ensure food security in Ukraine?
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What is the Commission doing to ensure food security in Ukraine?
Russia is deliberately targeting Ukraine’s food supply in a bid to create hunger in the country, according to EU Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski, who drew parallels between now and the great famine of the 1930s, the ‘Holodomor’.
The European Commission has announced a EUR500m (US$549m) support package to help European Union farmers most affected by the war in Ukraine.
In the light of the war in Ukraine, the EU Commission presented plans Wednesday to combat rising food prices with actions to enhance global food security and to support farmers and consumers in the EU.