The National Convention on the European Union in North Macedonia held the tenth session of Working Group 1 \u2013 Agriculture and Rural Development (Chapter 11) on April 13, in the Club of Deputies on the topic \u201cAgri-food markets and food security in the current global crisis context.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The dialogue in which all of the stakeholders participated, starting with the policy makers, namely representatives from the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Management, the Ministry of economy, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as the representatives from a number of associations and cooperatives of farmers and processors, the representatives from chambers of commerce, the payment agency and other civil societies, along with the academic circles, was opened by the national coordinator and president of the European Movement, Mileva Gjurovska.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe topic of today\u2019s session is connected to the aftermath of the current crisis which has created big turbulences on the markets for agricultural food products. As we are entering the moment where the agricultural season is at its peak, we can see the problem \u2013 the lack of seed material, fertilizers, fuels, pesticides and other raw materials the price of which is constantly rising. This reality calls for new urgent measures for overcoming the aftermath of this crisis. The EU refers to the urgent need to create policies to solve these problems, but the concern of Macedonian farmers are also worried about the loss of agricultural markets,\u201d said Gjurovska, in her introductory speech, while opening the discussion with the questions of how to stimulate the farmers to produce food in conditions where it\u2019s not known where they can sell said products, and if the new stimulating measures will be implemented in time, as well as if the EU will even include the countries that are candidates for membership.<\/p>\n\n\n