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One in six people on our planet face a daily struggle to find enough food to live. Food insecurity is thought to affect, in one way or another, more than one third of the population of the ACP countries, mainly in rural areas. This is the reality we need to tackle. And since I am myself a farmer and engaged in farmers' organisations, agricultural resilience is an issue that lies particularly close to my heart.
Staffan Nilsson`s opening speech at the Brussels Policy Briefing: Agricultural resilience in the face of crises and shocks
The EESC has renewed its call to the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission for a robust CAP budget to be maintained at least at the same level as in the current period.
Staffan Nilsson`s speech at the Congress of European Farmers 2012