“In promoting the transition to a more sustainable European food system, the F2F and Biodiversity Strategy could unintentionally and indirectly generate negative impacts on food systems outside Europe, especially in Africa and Asia including greater food insecurity, higher greenhouse gas emissions and increased biodiversity loss,” policy experts say.
With its high level of poverty, a rapidly growing population and an increasing resilience on food imports, Africa remains vulnerable to global food price increases.
Regarding increased greenhouse gas emissions, the authors noted that studies predict that decreased agricultural production in the EU would lead to increased production in places like Africa, Asia and Latin America.
For Africa in particular, this means that most of the uncultivated arable land, largely under forest cover would be utilized to improve agricultural productivity as it holds great potential to expand agricultural production.
Consequently, many of the environmental benefits of the F2F and Biodiversity Strategy would be undermined including higher greenhouse gas emissions from increasing agricultural production outside the EU.
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