Piotr Całbecki, President of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region, obtained the NAT opinion on “Safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food system” on 31 March 2022.
The European Commission has presented on 23 March a range of short-term and medium-term actions to enhance global food security and to support farmers and consumers in the EU in light of rising food prices and input costs, such as energy and fertilisers. The surge in global commodity prices, further accelerated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, highlights again the need for EU agriculture and food supply chains to become more resilient and sustainable.
Mr. Piotr Całbecki as a biologist by education and president of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie Region since 2006, has big experience in the field of agriculture, given the fact that Kujawsko-Pomorskie is an agricultural region with one of the highest food production indicators and a region where one of the biggest Polish fertilizers factories is located. Subject of safeguarding food security and reinforcing the resilience of food systems is in the core of the Kujawsko-Pomorskie that is committed to the strategies of Green Deal and the Farm to Fork. As a region directly involved in a broad support for Ukraine and its citizens suffering Russian invasion, it is also facing the consequences related to the food security and is working on the solutions to reinforce the resilience of food system.
Indicative timeline for adoption:
– exchange of views in NAT commission on 2-3 June;
– discussion and adoption in NAT commission on 5 October;
– final adoption at the Plenary session in December 2022.