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The food supply in Europe has changed gigantically in recent decades. There are massive areas under glass, huge irrigation projects and challenges, and new ship
by sgt101 5y ago
The food supply in Europe has changed gigantically in recent decades. There are massive areas under glass, huge irrigation projects and challenges, and new shipping options (containers). The subsidy and production regimes have changed
This is not to say that the food supply is secure.
- jelliclesfarm 5y agoYou are right. More than half the world will be reliant for external food by way of imports. Ag imports is not always edible foods..as it includes produce, grains, fiber, fuel, meat, fish and dairy. West Europe’s food imports together far exceed USA. Figures as of 2017 : [..] The United States, being one of the world’s largest economies, imports a total of $133 billion USD worth of food and food products, followed by China at $105.26 billion USD, Germany at $98.90 billion USD, Japan at $68.86 billion USD, the United Kingdom at $66.54 billion USD, the Netherlands at $64.38 billion USD, France at $62.29 billion USD, Italy at $51.34 billion USD, Belgium at $40.87 billion USD, and the Russian Federation at $38.60 billion USD.[..]
- KptMarchewa 5y agoThe EU countries here include intra-EU imports. When looking at EU level, trade looks fairly balanced: https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/food-farming-fisheries/trade/documents/monitoring-agri-food-trade_sept2019_en.pdf https://ec.europa.eu/info/sites/default/files/food-farming-f...