Nagy: Food prices could increase due to reducing pesticides
Minister Nagy said the European Union’s proposals will lead to a fall in agricultural production and higher food prices.
Minister Nagy said the European Union’s proposals will lead to a fall in agricultural production and higher food prices.
Sanctions policies should be changed to curb high food prices with a view to boosting food security.
Hungarian agriculture can extend its recent period of prosperity despite the expectations of tough years ahead for the global economy, Prime Minister Orbán said at the National Delegate Assembly of...
Eleven central and eastern European countries reaffirmed their commitment to a joint farming innovation initiative on the fifth anniversary of the BIOEAST scheme.
Minister István Nagy responds to an article published this week by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung entitled, “Without EU money, Hungary would be in the same situation as Moldova.” [“Ohne EU-Geld wäre Ungarn wie Moldau,” published December 10.]
István Nagy said the developments would boost agriculture in the region between the Danube and Tisza rivers.
Since 2010, the government has protected Hungarian farmland and provided significant opportunities for the agricultural sector.
“Food production is one of the most important pillars of the Hungarian economy,” said István Nagy, Minister for Agriculture.
“Europe’s current honey policy is untenable in view of the fact that it does not afford sufficient protection against imitation honey made under laboratory conditions, coming particularly from Asia, and as a result is totally destroying the European honey market and European honey producers,” Minister of Agriculture István Nagy declared in Brussels on Monday in a statement at a demonstration by Hungarian and Spanish honey farmers.
European beekeepers have held protests in Brussels, Paris and Amsterdam to shine light on Chinese honey imports and bee-killers.
“The government’s purpose is to support Hungarian villages, expand their agricultural opportunities and provide support for the rural community,” said István Nagy, Minister for Agriculture.
Hungary will begin a massive forestation project to stave off the effects of climate change, Agriculture Minister István Nagy has confirmed.
Expo director László Vaszkó said about 300 exhibitors showed on an area of 17,000 square meters at the fair.