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Ref. Ares(2020)3210038 - 19/06/2020
Comments on the F2F Strategy
1)
In point 1 ‘Need for Action’,
Under the sub-par. ‘ Food insecurity and nutrition. Suggest to add this sentence in order to
link the food insecurity and nutrition with the climate change risks and threats:
‘Climate change projections and scenarios foresee that extreme weather events (e.g. forest
fires, droughts, disease outbreaks) will exacerbate the fragility of food production systems
and the natural ecosystem services, particularly in places affected by soil degradation, water
stress or desertification. Although the overall impact on agriculture will vary among
geographic regions, it will be hard for farmers to plan and manage production and prevent
crop losses from storms, droughts or pests wherever planting seasons and weather patterns
change. An upcoming warming climate is likely to increase the incidence and geographic
spread of human, animal and plant diseases’.
Replace ‘the various forms of cancer’ with ‘various types of cancer and other cardiovascular
diseases’
.
Under paragraph 8 add the notion of safe certified food’ in the sentence about the citizens
demand.
In Point 2 ‘The way forward’
in the first bullet ……preserving and restoring the land, (to be added) and sea-based natural
(to be added) resources
.
in the second bullet ‘Ensuring food security and citizen’s health’….all people have access
to sufficient, nutritious, healthy (add) and sustainable food.
In point 2.1
Paragraph 10
Add the notion that: ‘ An innovative framework on plant disease risk assessment will
contribute to assessing different potential ranges of new pathogens taking into consideration
climate change effects and providing appropriate risk information for decision makers at
different levels’.
In the same sub-par. 2.1., as regards the ‘Seed security’, promotion of an EU
biorepository, in order to preserve plant genetic material (necessary for seed security). In
addition, the climate related seed security risks such as wild fires, storms, and disease
outbreaks should be taken into consideration.