The president of the Government, has warned Thursday that it is the main threat to Spanish agriculture, fishing and livestock. “The agri -food sector has challenges and challenges: the climatic emergency is the main one, a reality of denialist, which needs brave adaptation and mitigation policies of the effects of climate change,” he said during the presentation of the (ENA) , a work that aims to boost the production, export and sustainability of the sector.
In addition, the president has also referred to the tariffs that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, is putting products from different countries, and with which he also threatens Europe. “There is no winner in a commercial war, we all lose, especially when food is at stake, because when these commercial wars occur, those who suffer the most the consequences are always the most vulnerable, the least economic resources They have, ”he said.
The ENA, has been made public this Thursday. “This strategy is a necessary, pioneer effort, which aspires to articulate a comprehensive and sustainable food system, from the production to the final consumption. If we know something in Spain is that life makes sense around a good table, food is more than the dishes, fields of olive trees, vineyards … Each product speaks of our land and our culture, ”said Sánchez from La Vega Innova , an environment of companies and innovations of the agricultural sector.
It is a road map that aims to boost public policies and accompany the private sector to strengthen the influence in Europe of the Spanish agri -food sector, which, according to Sánchez, has three large bastions: “quality, security and innovation.”
It has six major axes, which Sanchez has broken down: “First, food sovereignty, a strategic element for Europe” and “second, sustainability, because the sector has to be greener and cheaper.” In this regard, he recalled that Spain is the second country in Europe with the most surface dedicated to organic farming, while 80% of irrigation already use efficient irrigation thanks to public investment.
“The third axis is the strengthening of rural and coastal areas: we have to improve productivity with more digitalization, technology, and support for family agriculture. More than 900,000 agricultural farms are sustained thanks to family agriculture, and we are preparing a law to support it, ”he said.
The fourth refers to healthy eating, and on which he recalled that the Executive presented a national strategy to fight childhood obesity and has asked the agri -food sector to work in the same direction. “The fifth makes us think of innovation and technology, since Spain has a pointer of agrotechnology that includes specific centers, universities, and more than 800 companies and start-ups agrotechnological. ”
The last axis refers to the role of consumers. “The agri -food sector is synonymous with transparency. We must give clear information on the labels. 30% of false news are related to the agri -food industry, ”he said. And he has summarized: “The strategy tries to advance healthy, sustainable and socially fair foods.”
Meanwhile, the Minister of Agriculture, Luis Planas, stressed that the strategy has come forward with the participation of all sectors involved: “In three forums in Córdoba, León and Barcelona, nine monographic meetings and 40 work meetings, as well as a mailbox public to which 110 contributions have reached. ” In his opinion, now “public policies are needed that support the sector to reach their challenges of adaptability, profitability, sustainability and climatic adaptation.”
Food power
the Plan seeks to consolidate Spain as a food power, guarantee the production, sustainability, revitalization of rural areas and improve the nutrition of the population. The ENA is articulated around three major challenges: the first is to ensure that the country has the producing and also exporting capacity – Spain is the fourth agri -food exporter of Europe and the seventh of the world. From the Ministry of Agriculture, they insist that it is “a strategic objective that is in the priorities of the ″, and that its implementation intends to anticipate any measure that occurs in this context.
The second would be to guarantee the sustainability of production, in a context of increasing temperatures and water shortage driven by climate change. As a third point, the strategy seeks to protect rural areas and.
