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The Coronavirus food crisis to come!




by GuyGadebois » 24/03/20, 15:29

Farmers face supply shortages

German farmers' lobbying organization calls for postponement of fertilizer regulations - and facing the corona crisis threatens to cut food production.

People across the country want to help farmers because many seasonal workers cannot get in. But although the peasants are happy with this solidarity, they also use the heavy artillery of lobbying.

In an open letter to the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, the organization "Land creates a link", which also launched the farmers' protests, called for the suspension of the implementation of the ordinance German modified fertilizer (DüVO) and no penalty. The German Farmers' Association is also pushing for a change - although water providers have been asking for years and increasingly desperately to reduce nitrate inputs in order to protect groundwater.

No federal government has been able to comply with the European nitrates directive for 29 years; the power of the agricultural lobby, which wants to continue dumping too much manure into the fields, seems too strong.

This time, the farmers' representatives link their request to the corona crisis.
Too much nitrate in groundwater: Germany faces fine of 850 euros - per day
Germany faces a fine of 850 euros per day



Put simply, “land makes bonds” threatens the food supply if farmers fail to achieve their goals. "A negative political decision would hamper the decisions of German farmers and dissipate all motivation - many companies would have to stop producing food," the letter said.

And even more clearly: "An additional burden on these companies due to the tightening of DüVO would entail a number of operational tasks and thus inevitably endanger the food supply. This would seriously threaten the level of self-sufficiency of basic foodstuffs in Germany - fatal in crisis situations like the current one! "

While most other EU countries have followed the nitrates guidelines for years, Germany is the only member country that still exceeds the guidelines that have existed since 1991. If this condition persists, the Federal Republic will be liable to fines of up to 850 euros - per day. At a time when every euro is necessary to fight against the corona crisis.

These sanctions can only be avoided if the Federal Council approves the ordinance on improved fertilizers. Friday, the panel will meet for a special meeting because urgent decisions must be made in the context of the crisis. It is still unclear whether the fertilizer regulations are also on the agenda. The federal government has already rejected the federal states' proposed changes. Lower Saxony alone, the heart of industrial farming, wanted nine changes.

If countries give in to pressure from farmers, this could be a fatal signal. Then other relevant systemic groups could follow the example of farmers and express their own interests in reference to the virus crisis.

Many of these groups may even have legitimate interests: more wages for hospital and nursing staff, better working conditions for drivers and supermarket staff. So far, however, these groups have simply continued to work - without threatening them.


https://www.spiegel.de/wirtschaft/coron ... 8ca0b3bbd0
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by Christophe » 24/03/20, 17:23

But no there will be no food crisis ... but no ...

Well, we have a few reservations anyway ... if THEY DON'T Loot those too !!

ps: inappropriate title
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by GuyGadebois » 24/03/20, 17:48

Christophe wrote:ps: inappropriate title

Change it as you wish.
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by Christophe » 24/03/20, 17:56

It's better...
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by Ahmed » 24/03/20, 18:21

With the shell less, it would be even better ... :P
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by GuyGadebois » 24/03/20, 18:38

There is NO shortage in Germany. What the Spiegel article says is that some polluting farmers are shamefully blackmailing that if they are not given the right to pollute without limit and freely, they will stop producing *. In short, famine blackmail. I would be the German government, I would put them in sheet metal and nationalize their operations.

* the organization "Land schafft Verbindung", which also launched the farmers' demonstrations, called for the suspension of the implementation of the amended German Fertilizer Ordinance (DüVO) and no penalty.
In short, "Land schafft Verbindung" threatens the food supply if farmers do not achieve their goals. "A negative political decision would hamper the decisions of German farmers and dissipate all motivation - many companies would have to stop producing food," the letter said.
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by Christophe » 24/03/20, 18:52

Ahmed wrote:With the shell less, it would be even better ... :P


Oops sorry ... There you go ...
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by GuyGadebois » 24/03/20, 18:54

Except that the title in no way reflects what the article in Spiegel says. Google trad and German make two.
The title correctly translated (and again, it's an interpretation) is:
"Some farmers threaten to reduce their production"
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by Christophe » 24/03/20, 19:39

I only transcribed YOUR TITLE: Farmers face supply shortages

And ultimately it's the same, right?

Some farmers threaten to reduce their production -> drop in agricultural production -> food shortage ...
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by GuyGadebois » 24/03/20, 19:56

Christophe wrote:I only transcribed YOUR TITLE: Farmers face supply shortages

I'm sorry, but Google trad sucks as soon as the language is complicated.
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