According to a statement by the World Bank, Mali has begun a programme to increase farm productivity, for which the country will benefit from investments of $ 160 million.

The annual report on agricultural outlooks, published on 17 June by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) and the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), gives a nuanced assessment of the situation in the world food supply. For one reason, the agricultural sector has shown more resilience to the global economic downturn than other sectors. However, the risks weighing on global food security, particularly in terms of water stress, may increase over the next ten years.

En marge du MEDFEL, salon international d’affaires de la filière fruits et légumes de l’Euroméditerranée à Perpignan, l’hydrogéologue et vice-président de l’Institut méditerranéen de l’eau et du Plan bleu, Jean Margat revient sur la délicate question de la situation hydrique des pays méditerranéens.

The European Environment Agency (EAA), based in Copenhagen, presented a report on 22 March entitled “Water resources across Europe confronting water scarcity and drought” which analyses the over-abstraction of water in Europe and its consequences on the quality and the quantity of the remaining water and the ecosystems that depend on it.