The difficulties within the European Union (EU) cannot be solved by redistributing poverty onto agriculture, says the president of the League of Associations of Agricultural Producers in Romania (LAPAR), Nicu Vasile, in a press release sent to AGERPRES on Tuesday.
The association leader warns in this context that European agriculture cannot be used as a corrective instrument for the EU's general economic imbalances.
'You cannot pull the European Union out of economic difficulty by redistributing poverty onto agriculture. Farmers cannot be turned into shock absorbers for all crises, whether trade-related, budgetary, climatic or geopolitical. Agriculture is a strategic sector, not a welfare sector. When farmers' incomes are systematically eroded, when investment becomes impossible and when the market is opened without fair rules, the consequences are clear: land abandonment, depopulation of rural areas and growing dependence on imports,' Vasile stressed.
According to the source, redistributing poverty does not generate economic development and does not reduce gaps between member states, but instead weakens one of the few sectors capable of ensuring long-term stability.
'A strong European Union is not built by sacrificing farmers, but through investment, innovation and coherent policies that allow agriculture to create value. Agriculture must not pay the price for failures in other sectors,' the LAPAR president said.
He called on European and national decision-makers to treat agriculture as a central pillar of the economy, social cohesion and European food security.
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