Europe’s agricultural sector is crying out for support amid the energy and food crisis – News Block

Europe’s energy crisis, triggered mainly by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and President Putin’s subsequent reduction in the flow of natural gas to the EU, is fast turning into a food crisis. With the costs of running their operations out of control, many farmers are being forced to reduce production. The situation is particularly serious in a context of global food shortages and after a summer of devastating droughts that had already led to agriculture…