EU-Ukraine Agriculture: Risks of Integration and Sustainable Solutions
Leggi l’articolo in italiano The policy paper published by Jean-Jacques Hervé in the Schuman Foundation Journal, titled “European agriculture and Ukrainian agriculture complement each other,”asserts that EU and Ukrainian agriculture are complementary and that the related agri-food and economic synergies must be managed. However, a careful assessment of the implications, coupled with recent European agri-food […]
Other nations’ energy makes us subservient
Leggi in italiano Europe and Italy are hungry for energy. The war in Ukraine is only one part of the geopolitical war being fought over access to and control of energy. The sabotage of the Nord Stream 1 and 2 gas pipelines is proof of this. Italy and Europe must find their own sources of […]
Why the world economic system faces no danger, but globalization does
Leggi l’articolo in italiano Many think of globalization as a solely economic phenomenon. Hence, it comes as no surprise that they have started speaking of its “crisis” only upon the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought heavy consequences on the production system; or ― at the latest ― the Russian invasion of Ukraine, which […]
Supply chains are hanging by a non-existent thread
Leggi in italiano Article published by Formiche.net We need a strategy for raw materials that is geopolitically resilient, sustainable, and economically convenient. Globalised supply chains are subject to sudden shocks. SMEs are unprepared to face them. And the government’s energy plan is insufficient. Italian and European small and medium enterprises were unprepared to manage the […]
Sustainable palm oil: a supply chain to invest in
Leggi in italiano If it weren’t for the fact that it has the taste of blatant opportunism, we would say: “We told you so”. But when there is a war going on, there is no messing around with controversy. The decision of many companies in the food industry to return to palm oil, after many […]
Agri-food commodities: cost trend analysis
Leggi in italiano The following data are from tradingeconomics.com From February 23 to March 11, the price of some of the agricultural commodities most linked to Russia and Ukraine have undergone considerable increases: almost 17% for wheat, more than 11% for corn; no recent data are available on sunflower oil, but we are looking at […]
War and food commodities crisis
WAR AND FOOD COMMODITIES CRISIS UNSUSTAINABLE WHEAT AND SUNFLOWER PRICES, LACK OF SUPPLY: WE RISK RUNNING OUT OF FOOD. SUPPLY CHAINS NEED TO BE URGENTLY REVIEWED . Rome, March 4, 2022 – “We can live without heating, but we cannot survive without eating.” This is the provoking statement made by Pietro Paganini, Founder and President […]
The “Ukrainian” effects on raw materials
Leggi in italiano The Ukrainian crisis shows that the West cannot do without the rest of the world, while the rest of the world can easily do without Europe and the United States For at least three decades the West has rested on the belief that the process of global democratization was unstoppable and that […]