Minister Michael Creed and EU colleagues focus on food chain equity

The weak relative position of farmers in the food supply chain is a long-standing issue that needs to be definitively addressed, according to Agriculture Minister Michael Creed.

He told an informal meeting of EU agriculture ministers in Bratislava that the position of farmers in the chain must be strengthened.

“We have been responding to recent market difficulties with short-term measures, which, while helpful, need to be augmented with more medium-term, structural measures”, he said.