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"I think that trade plays a very fundamental role on the markets, because markets provide price signals and the need for investment. Having said this, in development policy, we have clearly seen the need to go towards more sustainable agricultural investment.
In many parts of the world, there is not sufficient infrastructure to access the market. Farmers in developing countries do not have sufficient means or knowledge to produce more food. In Africa, we will need to nearly triple yields over the next 40 years. That is why development policy will, in particular, be focusing on supporting farmers.
I would definitely discourage a sub-culture of working towards self-sufficiency methods. There have been such attempts in the world. They always failed.
We should also take a very important factor into account. There are good and bad years in agriculture. If a region has a bad year, what should we do? Humanitarian aid can give the chance of surviving for a certain period, but basically, we very much need to have global trade systems in agricultural commodities.
I believe that the right answer is that one of the pillars of EU development policy should be to support sustainable agriculture, with a special focus on smallholder farmers, who are, in the majority, women."@en1
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