Irish farming interests protected under Sarkozy food security model

IRISH farming interests have been protected by the long-term food security and emergency food stocking model proposed by French president Nicolas Sarkozy and Agriculture Minister Bruno Le Maire at the G20 World Farm Leaders meeting in Paris.

IFA president John Bryan has welcomed France’s strong pro-food pronouncements. Both French leaders said agriculture will be at the forefront of global policies at the G20 discussion under the French presidency in 2011.

France is proposing a shared database on food stocks and harvests, a forum on export restrictions, emergency stocks in food-deficient countries and regulation to reduce commodity-price swings.